Andrey Shary (; born June 17, 1965) is a Russian journalist, historical author and media manager. He studied journalism at the State Institute of International Relations in Moscow, graduating in 1987. Shary worked for the Soviet daily Pravda in 1987–1990, then moving to the weekly Rossiya (1990–1994). Since 1992 he collaborates with Radio Svoboda, the Russian Service of U.S. granted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. In 1994-1996 he worked as a field-reporter and commentator in former Yugoslavia, based in Zagreb. Since 1996 he is a senior broadcaster, since 2016 Director for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's Russian Service and an author of 15 books on the

Yugoslav wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place from 1991 to 2001 in what had been the Socialist Federal Republic of ...

, history of

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, modern

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or mass art, sometimes contraste ...

, and

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s. Shary has written numerous articles and commentaries. He lives in Prague.

Books

* ''After the Rain Falls. Yugoslavian Myths: Between the Old and the New Age''. NLO, Moscow, 2002, * ''The Tribunal. Chronicles Of The Unfinished War''. Human Rights Publishers, 2003, * ''A Prayer for Serbia. The Secret of

Zoran Djindjic Zoran ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран) is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means ''dawn, daybreak''. The name is especially common in Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia and to some degree in Slovenia. Notable people with this g ...

’s Death''. Human Rights Publishers, 2004, Co-author: Aja Kuge. * ''Four Seasons''. NLO, Moscow, 2006, * ''Sign 007: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service''. NLO, Moscow, 2007, Co-author: Natalya Golitsyna. * ''Sign F: Fantomas in Books and on the Screen''. NLO, Moscow, 2007, * ''Sign W: Leader of the Red Skins in Books and on the Screen''. NLO, Moscow, 2008, * ''Sign Z:

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in Books and on the Screen''. NLO, Moscow, 2008, * ''Sign D:

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in Books and on the Screen''. NLO, Moscow, 2009, Co-author: Vladimir Vedrashko. * ''Sign 007:

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in Books and on the Screen''. NLO, Moscow, 2010, Co-author: Natalya Golitsyna. * ''The Roots and the Crown. Essays on

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: A Destiny of an Empire''. KoLibri, Moscow, 2011, Co-author: Yaroslav Shimov. * ''Austria-Hungary. A Destiny of an Empire''. KoLibri, Moscow, 2015, Co-author: Yaroslav Shimov. 2nd edition. * ''The Globe of

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''. NLO, Moscow, 2011, * ''The Globe of

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

''. NLO, Moscow. 2013, Co-author: Olga Podkolzina. * ''Danube. An Imperial River''. KoLibri, Moscow, 2015, * ''Dunărea. Fluviul imperrilor''. Polirom, Iași, 2017 * ''Коріння та корона. Нариси про Австро-Угорщину: доля імперії''. Dipa, Kyiv, 2018 * ''Balkans. Borderlines of the Empires''. KoLibri, Moscow, 2018, * ''Дунай: ріка iмперій''. Dipa, Kyiv, 2021 * ''Bohemian Times. Big History of a Small Country: from Saint Wenceslas to Vaclav Havel''. Photos by Olga Bazhenova. KoLibri, Moscow, 2022, * ''For Nation and Order!'' Central Europe and Balkans between WWI and WWII''. The Historical Expertise, Chișinău, 2025, Co-author: Yaroslav Shimov

References

External links

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Russian Service
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