Igor Yakovlevich Froyanov (; 22 June 1936 – 5 December 2020) was a Soviet and Russian historian. Honoured Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation (2012).
Doctor of Sciences
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in Historical Sciences (1973), professor at the
Saint Petersburg State University
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(since 1979). From 1982 to 2001, Froyanov served as the dean of the Faculty of History. From 1983 to 2003, he headed the Department of Russian History. He was a member of the
Union of Writers of Russia
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.
He was born into a
Kuban Cossack
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family. His father, a
major
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* Major (rank), a military rank
* Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
* People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
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in the
Red Army
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, suffered from Stalin's repressions.
In 1954 Igor graduated from school. He served in the Army from 1955 to 1958. He studied at the Faculty of History at the
Leningrad State University
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.
In 1966, he defended his Candidat thesis. In 1973, he defended his
doctoral
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thesis.
He criticized
Yeltsin
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's policies. In the
2018 Russian presidential election
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, Igor Froyanov was a trusted representative of
Pavel Grudinin
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