Mikhail Smolin
Mikhail Borisovich Smolin (Russian: Миха́ил Бори́сович Смо́лин; 22 February 1971 – 23 July 2025) was a Russian historian.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Smolin was born in Leningrad on 22 February 1971. In 1996 he graduated from the Faculty of History of St. Petersburg State University.[2]
He was the head of the Orthodox Center for Imperial Political Studies, the executive director of the Imperial Revival Foundation, as well as the editor-in-chief of the journals Imperial Revival, Orthodox Volga Region, Vestnik Yugo-Zapadnoi Rusi, and the editor-publisher of the book series Paths of Russian Imperial Consciousness, Orthodox Thought, and Imperial Tradition.[3]
In 2024, Smolin was involved in a scandal, after he stated on a political talk show that "Uzbeks, Kazakhs and Azerbaijanis did not exist before 1917."[4] This statement drew criticism from Uzbek society, and the Deputy Speaker of the Uzbek Parliament, Alisher Kadyrov, called for restrictions on the broadcasting of Russian channels.[5][6]
Smolin died on 23 July 2025, at the age of 54.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Biography". rusinst.ru. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Михаил Борисович Смолин". РИСИ (in Russian). Archived from the original on 14 October 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Смолин Михаил Борисович". hrono.info. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Узбеков не существовало до революции!" Историк-имперец из России – о казахах, узбеках и других народах Центральной Азии (in Russian). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2025 – via currentime.tv.
- ↑ "Вице-спикер парламента Узбекистана предложил урезать вещание телеканалов на русском языке". fergana.agency (in Russian). Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Вице-спикер парламента Узбекистана предложил сократить в стране использование русского языка". Радио Озоди (in Russian). 26 January 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Ушел из жизни русский историк Михаил Смолин". РИАМО (in Russian). 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
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