Sergei Chuev (; born 1971 in Moscow
) is a Russian
historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...
specializing in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
.
Biography
In 1996 he graduated from the
Moscow State Institute of Culture in the specialty "Bibliography and Library Science", in 2001 -
University of the Russian Academy of Education (
:ru:Университет Российского инновационного образования) majoring in "Civil Law. Jurisprudence". From 1993 to 2003 he served in the Federal Customs Service of Russia. Major of the Customs Service (retired).
Author of six books (co-author of two of them) including ''Special forces of the Third Reich'' in two volumes (), devoted to activities of the German
Abwehr
The (German language, German for ''resistance'' or ''defence'', though the word usually means ''counterintelligence'' in a military context) ) was the German military intelligence , military-intelligence service for the ''Reichswehr'' and the ...
intelligence against the
Soviet Union
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. Second volume describes history of the
Reich Security Main Office
The Reich Security Main Office ( , RSHA) was an organization under Heinrich Himmler in his dual capacity as ''Chef der Deutschen Polizei'' (Chief of German Police) and , the head of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS). The organization's stat ...
(RSHA) in
German-occupied territories including system of camps and the training of collaborationist
Russian Liberation Army
The Russian Liberation Army (; , ), also known as the Vlasov army () was a collaborationist formation, primarily composed of Russians, that fought under German command during World War II. From January 1945, the army was led by Andrey Vlasov, ...
. The book details the recruitment from among the Soviet citizens, and the formation of parallel
Kaminski Brigade, as well as the
SS Division Galicia,
Belarusian Home Defence
The Belarusian Home Defence, or Belarusian Home Guard (, BKA; ) were Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, collaborationist volunteer battalions formed by the Belarusian Central Council (1943–1944), a pro-Nazi Belarusian self-gove ...
, the
Turkestan Legion
The Turkestan Legion () was the name of the military units composed of Turkic peoples who served in the ''Wehrmacht'' during World War II. Most of these troops were Red Army prisoners of war who formed a common cause with the Germans (cf. Turkic ...
, and pro-Nazi sabotage units as well as police.
In his book published in 2006, titled , Chuev described the work of
Ukrainian nationalists
Ukrainian nationalism (, ) is the promotion of the unity of Ukrainians as a people and the promotion of the identity of Ukraine as a nation state. The origins of modern Ukrainian nationalism emerge during the Cossack uprising against the Poli ...
against the
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...
. The first evidence of the genocide of the Russian people in Galicia and the planned destruction of all Russian in Western Ukraine in the first decades of the 20th century are presented.
A special place in the book is given to the history of Ukrainian collaboration with Nazi Germany including war crimes committed by the Ukrainian nationalists against the Russians in
Western Ukraine
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. Special focus was given to the
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (, abbreviated UPA) was a Ukrainian nationalist partisan formation founded by the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) on 14 October 1942. The UPA launched guerrilla warfare against Nazi Germany, the S ...
(UPA) along with the
14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) and the
Ukrainian National Army
The Ukrainian National Army (, abbreviated , UNA) was a World War II Ukrainian military group, created on March 17, 1945, in the town of Weimar, Nazi Germany, and subordinate to Ukrainian National Committee.
History
The army, formed on April 1 ...
active in the Soviet Union. Chuyev relied on documents stored in the KGB archives including German administration correspondence, testimonies of participants, and rare photography.
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Notes and references
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OCLC. Books by Sergei Chuyev.
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21st-century Russian historians
1971 births
Living people