Valentin Mikhaylovich Alekseyev (russian: Валентин Михайлович Алексеев) (1924–1994) was a Soviet

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

from St.Petersburg. His major works could not pass

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during the

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and their publications began only during the '' perestroika'' times, although they have been circulating in ''

samizdat Samizdat (russian: самиздат, lit=self-publishing, links=no) was a form of dissident activity across the Eastern Bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground makeshift publications, often by hand, and passed the document ...

''.Peter Cheremushkin,
Russian-Polish Relations: A Long Way From Stereotypes to Reconciliation
', ''InterMarium'' Vol. 5 (2002) The Hungarian government awarded Alekseyev with the Imre Nagy Medal for his book ''Hungary-56''."Humgary-56", book profile
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Bibliography

*''The

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led ...

. Warsaw in the Struggle against the Hitlerist Occupiers'' ("Варшавское восстание: Варшава в борьбе против гитлеровских захватчиков, 1939–1945") 1999, Moscow, ''Akademichesky Projekt'', *''The

Warsaw Ghetto The Warsaw Ghetto (german: Warschauer Ghetto, officially , "Jewish Residential District in Warsaw"; pl, getto warszawskie) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was established in November 1940 by the G ...

No Longer Exists''
Варшавского гетто больше не существует
, Publication Program of the Memorial Society, Moscow, ''Zvenya Publishers'', 1998, 159pp.
Book review
in '' Novy Mir'', 1999, no.3 ) *'' Hungary-56: The Breach in the Chain'' "Венгрия-56. Прорыв цепи", Moscow, ''

Nezavisimaya Gazeta ''Nezavisimaya Gazeta'' ( rus, Независимая газета, p=nʲɪzɐˈvʲisʲɪməjə ɡɐˈzʲetə, t=Independent Newspaper) is a Russian daily newspaper. History and profile ''Nezavisimaya Gazeta'' was first published on 21 December ...

'', 1996. *'' Czechoslovak Expedition is not Completed Yet'' (''Чехословацкий поход еще не завершен'') In: Погружение в трясину: Анатомия застоя. М. ''

Progress Publishers Progress Publishers was a Moscow-based Soviet publisher founded in 1931. Publishing program Progress Publishers published books in a variety of languages: Russian, English, and many other European and Asian languages. They issued many scientific b ...

'', 1991. pp. 187–208 *'' Thirteen Years' War: Teacher's Guide''
Тридцатилетняя война: Пособие для учителя
,

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, '' Uchpedgiz'', 1961. 183 pp.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alekseyev, Valentin 1924 births 1994 deaths Writers from Saint Petersburg Soviet historians