Volkogonov, Dmitriĭ Antonovich

Soviet historian.

From the description of Dmitriĭ Antonovich Volkogonov papers, 1917-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123379692

Military historian, member of the Russian parliament, and advisor to the president of the Russian Federation. Born 1928; died 1995.

From the description of Papers of Dmitriĭ Antonovich Volkogonov, 1763-1995 (bulk 1917-1995). (University of Oxford). WorldCat record id: 526091435

Biographical Note

• 1928, Mar. 22: Born, Mangut, Chitinskii Region, Russia
• 1937: Father executed as an enemy of the people
• 1946: Entered Ul'ianovsk Military Tank School and became a propaganda officer
• 1947: Joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• 1951: Married Galina Alekseevna Kuptsova
• 1952: Daughter Tat'iana Dmitrievna born
• 1959 - 1962 : Student, Lenin Military Academy, Moscow, Russia
• 1960: Daughter Ol'ga Dmitrievna born
• 1966: Defended doctoral (kandidatskaia) dissertation
• 1966 - 1970 : Taught philosophy, Lenin Military Academy, Moscow, Russia
• 1970: Defended doctoral dissertation in philosophy Transferred to the General Political Directorate of the Soviet Army
• 1973: Appointed colonel-general of the Soviet army
• 1985: Proposal to liquidate political units of the Soviet army and replace them with information units resulted in removal from office
• 1985 - 1991 : Director, Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense and the Russian Academy of Sciences
• 1988: Met Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin at the Nineteenth Party Conference in June
• 1989: Published Triumf i tragediia: politicheskii portret I.V. Stalina: v 2-kh knigakh. Moscow: Izd-vo Agenstva pechati Novosti. 2 vols.
• 1990: Elected to the Russian parliament Published 30-e gody: vzgliad iz segodnia. Moscow: Nauka Defended doctoral dissertation in history: "Stalinism: Essence, Genesis, and Evolution"
• 1991: Diagnosed with terminal cancer Appointed security and defense advisor to Yeltsin when the Soviet Union dissolved and Russia became independent; took an active role in the formation of a new Russian ministry of defense Appointed chair of the commission for creation of the Russian defense ministry and armed forces
• 1992: Published Trotskii: politicheskii portret: v dvukh knigakh. Moscow: Novosti. 2 vols. Appointed Russian co-chairman of the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on Prisoners of Wars and Missing in Action Elected corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• 1993: Elected to first post-Soviet parliament on reformer Yegor Gaidar's ticket Elected member of presidential council
• 1994: Published Lenin: politicheskii portret v dvukh knigakh. Moscow: Novosti. 2 vols.
• 1995: Published Sem' vozhdei: galereia liderov SSSR: v 2-kh knigakh. Moscow: Novosti. 2 vols. Awarded Gosudarstvennaia Premiia
• 1995, Dec. 6: Died, Krasnogorsk, Russia

From the guide to the Dmitriĭ Antonovich Volkogonov Papers, 1887-1995, (bulk 1917-1995), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Biographical/Historical Note

Soviet historian.

From the guide to the Dmitrii Antonovich Volkogonov papers, 1917-1995, (Hoover Institution Archives)