Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko
| Anton Vladimirovich Antonov-Ovseyenko | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Антон Владимирович Антонов-Овсеенко |
| Born |
23 February 1920 RSFSR, Moscow |
| Died |
9 July 2013 (aged 93) Russia, Moscow |
| Occupation | Writer and historian |
| Citizenship |
 Soviet Union (1922–1991) →  Russian Federation (1991–2013) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Pedagogical Institute |
Anton Vladimirovich Antonov-Ovseyenko (Russian: Анто́н Влади́мирович Анто́нов-Овсе́енко) (23 February 1920, Moscow, RSFSR – 9 July 2013, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian historian and writer.[1][2]
Born on 23 February 1920, he was the son of a Bolshevik military leader Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko.[3] In 1935, he joined the historical faculty of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. In 1938, he was expelled from Komsomol and the institute wherein, however, he was reinstated in the same year.[1]
He was arrested in 1940 and spent 13 years in labor camps.
Antonov-Ovseyenko is best known for his biography of Lavrentiy Beria and he also wrote several books.
Antonov-Ovseyenko operated a state museum on the Gulag, for which the Moscow administration provided a building in August 2001.[4][5]
When he died in 2013, he was still working two full days a week to continue documenting what he called "the evils of the Soviet era" and to help with plans for a new, larger space.[6]
Bibliography
- The Time of Stalin: Portrait of a Tyranny, Harper & Row, 1981, ISBN 0-06-010148-2 (reprinted 1983)
- Theater of Joseph Stalin Moscow. "Grėgori-Pėĭdzh", 1995. ISBN 5-900493-15-6
- Enemy of the people, Moscow. Intellekt, 1996. Russian text online
- (Russian) Beria Moscow, ACT, 1999, ISBN 5-237-03178-1 (pdf of the 2007 edition online)
- (Russian) Naprasnyi podvig? (Vain feat?) Moscow: ACT, 2003. ISBN 5-17-017525-6
References
- 1 2 "Aнтонов-Овсеенко Антон Владимирович (р.1920): историк, писатель, публицист". The Sakharov Center. Retrieved 22 August 2011. (Antonov-Ovseyenko’s biography on the website of the Sakharov Center)
- ↑ "Russia Mourns Stalin Scholar, Gulag Museum Founder". Ria.ru. 2013-07-11. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
- ↑ Гальперович, Данила (27 June 2010). "Директор Государственного музея ГУЛАГа Антон Владимирович Антонов-Овсеенко". Radio Liberty. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ↑ Banerji, Arup (2008). Writing history in the Soviet Union: making the past work. Berghahn Books. p. 271. ISBN 81-87358-37-8.
- ↑ "Stalinism Survivor Runs Gulag Museum In Moscow | @pritheworld". Theworld.org. 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
- ↑ Schwirtz, Michael (10 July 2013). "Anton Antonov Ovseyenko, Who Exposed Stalin Terror, Dies at 93". The New York Times.
External links
- Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko at the Internet Movie Database
- Anton Antonov Ovseyenko, Who Exposed Stalin Terror, Dies at 93 New York Times, July 10, 2013