Mark Solonin (born May 29, 1958, in
Kuybyshev,
Soviet Union
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) is a
Russian
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author of numerous books on the
Second World War
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. An
aviation engineer by training, he has lived since 2016 in
Estonia
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.
Early life
Mark Semionovich Solonin (russian: Марк Семёнович Солонин) was born in Kuybyshev, Soviet Union, on May 29, 1958.
Career
Solonin is criticized for his books, claimed to be pseudohistorical by his detractors and for supporting works such as ''
Icebreaker
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'' by
Viktor Suvorov
Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun (russian: link=no, Владимир Богданович Резун; born 20 April 1947), known by his pseudonym of Viktor Suvorov () is a former Soviet GRU officer who is the author of non-fiction books about World ...
about the beginning of the second world war.
[Ларионов А. Э]
Образ Великой Отечественной войны в сознании современного студенчества
// Электронный журнал «Вестник МГОУ». — 2014. — № 1
Bibliography
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* Solonin, Mark (2021), ''Spring Victory: Stalin's Glossed Over Crime'', (in English), Independently Published/Amazon,
* Solonin, Mark (2021), ''Two Essays: Coming Up From Behind or How the Soviet Union Won the War and If World Domination is the Aim then Strike First!'', (in English), Independently Published/Amazon,
See also
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Soviet offensive plans controversy
The Soviet offensive plans controversy was a debate among historians in the late 20th and early 21st centuries as to whether Joseph Stalin had planned to launch an attack against Nazi Germany in the summer of 1941. The controversy started with ...
References
External links
Web page of Mark SoloninYouTube channel of Mark Solonin
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1958 births
Living people
Writers from Samara, Russia
Russian Jews
21st-century Russian historians
Russian aerospace engineers
Historians of World War II