Mark Solonin (born May 29, 1958, in Kuybyshev,

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) is a

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historian and author of numerous books on the

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. An aviation engineer by training, he has lived since 2016 in

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. In 2019 he relocated to

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. Since 2022 he lives in

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Early life

Mark Semionovich Solonin () was born in Kuybyshev, Soviet Union, on May 29, 1958. With a father who had served with the

Soviet Army The Soviet Ground Forces () was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992. It was preceded by the Red Army. After the Soviet Union ceased to exist in December 1991, the Ground Forces remained under th ...

in the Second World War, he developed strong interest in history as a boy. After graduating from secondary school with a golden medal (''

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''), he decided to study not history but

aviation engineering Aviation engineering is a branch of engineering that deals with airspace development, airport design, aircraft navigation technologies, and aerodrome planning. It also involves the formulation of public policy, regulations, aviation laws pertaining ...

to avoid Soviet politics from interfering with his potential career in history.

Career

Solonin's studies focus on the

, particularly the opening weeks of the

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. Solonin wrote several books outlining theory of the USSR planning to attack Germany first in 1941. Solonin criticized the new Russian Minister of Culture and historian

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as "a propagandist of the shameless

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variety".

Bibliography

* * * * * * * * Solonin, Mark (2021), ''Spring Victory: Stalin's Glossed Over Crime'', (in English), Independently Published/Amazon, * Solonin, Mark (2021), ''Two Essays: Coming Up From Behind or How the Soviet Union Won the War and If World Domination is the Aim then Strike First!'', (in English), Independently Published/Amazon,

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External links

Web page of Mark Solonin

YouTube channel of Mark Solonin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Solonin, Mark 1958 births Living people People from Samara, Russia Russian Jews 20th-century Russian historians Russian aerospace engineers Historians of World War II 21st-century Russian historians

Early life

Career

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