Sergei Chuev (russian: Серге́й Генна́дьевич Чуев; born 1971 in Moscow
) is a Russian
historian specializing in
World War II.
Biography
In 1996 he graduated from the
Moscow State Institute of Culture
Moscow State Art and Cultural University (russian: Московский государственный университет культуры и искусств) is a Russian university, a vocational training center in the field of culture and a ...
in the specialty "Bibliography and Library Science", in 2001 -
University of the Russian Academy of Education (
:ru:Университет Российского инновационного образования) majoring in "Civil Law. Jurisprudence". From 1993 to 2003 he served in the Federal Customs Service of Russia. Major of the Customs Service (retired).
Author of six books (co-author of two of them) including ''Special forces of the Third Reich'' in two volumes (russian: Спецслужбы Третьего Рейха), devoted to activities of the German
Abwehr
The ''Abwehr'' (German for ''resistance'' or ''defence'', but the word usually means ''counterintelligence'' in a military context; ) was the German military-intelligence service for the ''Reichswehr'' and the ''Wehrmacht'' from 1920 to 1944. A ...
intelligence against the
Soviet Union. Second volume describes history of the
Reich Security Main Office
The Reich Security Main Office (german: Reichssicherheitshauptamt or RSHA) was an organization under Heinrich Himmler in his dual capacity as ''Chef der Deutschen Polizei'' (Chief of German Police) and ''Reichsführer-SS'', the head of the Nazi ...
(RSHA) in
German-occupied territories including system of camps and the training of collaborationist
Russian Liberation Army
The Russian Liberation Army; russian: Русская освободительная армия, ', abbreviated as (), also known as the Vlasov army after its commander Andrey Vlasov, was a collaborationist formation, primarily composed of Rus ...
. The book details the recruitment from among the Soviet citizens, and the formation of parallel
Kaminski Brigade, as well as the
SS Division Galicia
The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (german: 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS alizische Nr. 1}; uk, 14а Гренадерська Дивізія СС (1а галицька)), known as the 14th SS-Volunteer Division ...
,
Belarusian Home Defence
The Belarusian Home Defence, or Belarusian Home Guard ( be, Беларуская краёвая абарона, , BKA; german: Weißruthenische Heimwehr) were collaborationist volunteer battalions formed by the Byelorussian Central Council (1943 ...
, the
Turkestan Legion
The Turkestan Legion (german: Turkistanische Legion) was the name for the military units composed of the Turkic peoples who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Most of these troops were Red Army POWs who formed a common cause with the G ...
, and pro-Nazi sabotage units as well as police.
In his book published in 2006, titled russian: Украинский легион, Chuev described the work of
Ukrainian nationalists
Ukrainian nationalism refers to the promotion of the unity of Ukrainians as a people and it also refers to the promotion of the identity of Ukraine as a nation state. The nation building that arose as nationalism grew following the French Revol ...
against the
Russian Empire. The first evidence of the genocide of the Russian people in Galicia and the planned destruction of all Russian in Western Ukraine in the first decades of the 20th century are presented.
A special place in the book is given to the history of Ukrainian collaboration with Nazi Germany including war crimes committed by the Ukrainian nationalists against the Russians in
Western Ukraine
Western Ukraine or West Ukraine ( uk, Західна Україна, Zakhidna Ukraina or , ) is the territory of Ukraine linked to the former Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, which was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austria ...
. Special focus was given to the
Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) along with the
and the
Ukrainian National Army active in the Soviet Union. Chuyev relied on documents stored in the KGB archives including German administration correspondence, testimonies of participants, and rare photography.
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Notes and references
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OCLC. Books by Sergei Chuyev.
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21st-century Russian historians
1971 births
Living people