Klim Zhukov (; born 1977, in

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) is a Russian author, vlogger, and historical reenactor. He is a medievalist historian and science fiction author. He is also involved in

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. He is a bestselling author. In a survey conducted in 2019, he entered the top 10 trust rating in the Russian Internet. He collaborates with

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Early life and career

He was named after

Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov ( ; ), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (; 4 February 1881 – 2 December 1969), was a prominent Soviet Military of the Soviet Union, military officer and politician during the Stalinism, Stalin era (1924–195 ...

. He graduated from the Faculty of History at

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in 1999. He also was a postgraduate student, but did not complete his dissertation. His dissertation advisor was Anatoly Kirpichnikov. Zhukov is listed as a student of Professor Kirpichnikov. From 1999 to 2008, he worked at the

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. He taught at the Russian Christian Humanitarian Academy. Since 2002 he has been working in the film industry. He consulted on the film

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. He has published a number of books. As a science-fiction writer he made his debut in 2010 with the Fantastique novel "Soldier of the Emperor" (published by

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; republished in 2022). His next book was published by AST. He is a co-author with Alexander Zorich. Their books have been reviewed in the

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. He lives in Saint Petersburg. He was criticized by Professor Vadim Dolgov.

Worldview

Zhukov considers himself a

Marxist Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflic ...

and convinced

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. In an interview about materialism, revolution and capitalism, he stated: “Everything comes from

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. If you ask me, I am a consistent materialist, I think that matter is still primary.” He adheres to materialistic views on the historical process; in a video about the history of Vladimir-Suzdalian Rus', he argued: “Now we are armed with Marx’s theory,

dialectical materialism Dialectical materialism is a materialist theory based upon the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that has found widespread applications in a variety of philosophical disciplines ranging from philosophy of history to philosophy of scien ...

and

historical materialism Historical materialism is Karl Marx's theory of history. Marx located historical change in the rise of Class society, class societies and the way humans labor together to make their livelihoods. Karl Marx stated that Productive forces, techno ...

, and we can, firstly, study the experience of our ancestors, and, secondly, not repeat such nonsense.”Клим Жуков: «Теперь-то мы вооружены теорией Маркса и диалектическим материализмом и историческим материализмом, всё-таки мы можем, во-первых, изучить опыт предков, а, во-вторых, таких глупостей больше не повторять. При всём уважении к предкам». �
Разведопрос: Клим Жуков про Владимиро-Суздальскую Русь (продолжение)
// oper.ru, 13.07.2016

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