Oleg Vitalyevich Khlevniuk ( rus, Олег Витальевич Хлевнюк, born 7 July 1959 Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR) is a historian and a senior researcher at the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow.Oleg V. 1959–
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members.

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has characterized him as a "leading Russian historian of Stalinism." He also a corresponding fellow of Royal Historical Society.

Works

* ''The History of the Gulag'', originally published in Russian. * ''Cold Peace: Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945–1953'' * ''The role of Gosplan in economic decision-making in the 1930s'' * ''In Stalin's Shadow: The Career of "Sergo" Ordzhonikidze'' * ''Master of the House: Stalin and His Inner Circle'' * ''Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator''Stalin New Biography of a Dictator
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Award

Khlevniuk was awarded the Alexander Nove Prize (with Yoram Gorlizki) by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies 2004 for the book ''Cold Peace: Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945-1953''. In 2016, Pushkin House UK recognized his ''Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator'' as "the best Russian book in English translation" for that year.

References

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