Sokolov Boris Vadimovich - Russian literarycritic, historian, literary critic. The results of his literary work are controversial. What is remarkable about his books and why he became unfit for Russian power? About his life path and creativity and will be discussed in this article.
Boris was born in Moscow on January 2, 1957. In 1979 he graduated from the Moscow State University (Geographical Faculty), and later, in 1986, defended his thesis and received a Ph.D. in History from the Institute of Ethnography of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1992 he became Doctor of Philology, defending his work in the same Moscow State University.
He worked as a professor at the Department of Socialanthropology at the Russian State Social University. Boris Sokolov is a member of the Russian PEN Center and AIRO-XXI, columnist of the newspaper "Jewish Word" and a permanent author of the site "Grani.ru", the author of about 100 articles and 60 books on Russian literature and Soviet history. His works are presented not only in Russian, they are also translated into English, Japanese, Polish, Estonian and Latvian. For a long time he was a member of the Free Historical Society Boris Sokolov.
The work of the Russian literary criticcovers a lot of works, including: The Secrets of Russian Writers, The Broken Bulgakov: The Mystery of the Master and Margarita, The Second World: Versions and Facts, 100 Great Wars, Occupation: Truth and Myths, Secrets Finnish War "," 100 great politicians "," Great Gandhi. The Righteous Power "," Wolf Messing "," Secrets of the Second World "," My book about Vladimir Sorokin ", the encyclopedia" Gogol "and" Bulgakov "and others.
Described by Boris Sokolov and biographies of the greatpersonalities: Sergei Esenin, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Peter Wrangel, Winston Churchill, Lavrenty Beria, Fedor Dostoevsky, Boris Pasternak, Georgy Zhukov, Hope Krupskaya, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Heinrich Himmler, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Inessa Armand, Semyon Budyonny, prophetess Vanga and etc. Many of the author's works give completely unpredictable answers to questions concerning the biographical data of his heroes.
In 2008, after the publication of the article "Did I loseSaakashvili "he completed his cooperation with RSSU. Sokolov claimed in his publication that in any case Russia would have found an excuse for a military operation against Georgia. The government of the Russian Federation would have played a different scenario and would have seized Tbilisi in a day, even if there had been no Georgian strike against Tskhinval.
The author of the article in his publication called actionsSaakashvili is not only "rational, but also the only right to save his land." Sokolov believes that Mikhail Saakashvili decided to start the war on the first day of the Olympics, where the Russian prime minister was present (the president was on vacation on the Volga at the same time), thereby preventing the potential enemy. Russian troops had to fight off Tskhinval within several days, instead of immediately invading Georgia. Boris Sokolov assures that this plan was worked out in advance, and he clearly believes Georgia as the undisputed winner in this conflict, since "she now has chances for joining NATO as never before." But Russia, according to the author, lost.
After publication of the publication, Sokolov was askedto write an application for dismissal at will. According to him, this happened after a call to the administration of the Presidential Administration. The article was immediately removed from the newspaper's website.
Boris Sokolov acted as an expert film TheSoviet Story, which has caused numerous disputes and accusations of fraud and manipulation. In 2010 he signed an appeal by the opposition that Putin must leave. In 2015, commented on the accession of the Crimea to the Russian Federation: "Russia took the territory, which, in fact, it does not need. Territory, which does not bear any value for the country - neither cultural, nor economic, nor military-strategic. " Because of such frank statements in May 2016, he was accused of incorrectly citing other people's works, improper handling of sources and expelled from the Free Historical Society.
Some writers claim that in the worksSokolova many mistakes and inaccuracies. Many publicists, sociologists and historians, the data on the losses of the Red Army in the years of the Second World War, which Sokolov cites in his publications, are considered unreliable. In the book "The Price of Victory" Sokolov counts the dead warriors of the USSR and Nazi Germany. However, the methodology by which he does this is rather inaccurate and, as was proved later by other researchers, significantly distorts the real figures. In particular, when Sokolov counted the losses of Russian soldiers.
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Osipov Gennady says that BorisSokolov is a historian, so he must only operate on proven facts, and he does not understand what. All of his calculations he called absurd, and his own - "indefatigable professional falsifier." Nevertheless, Sokolov's work is worthy of attention. In his books the reader will find many interesting and new, will discover the historical chronicles on the other hand, unravel many riddles of the great works of world literature.
In any case, the reader, you will get acquainted with the work of Boris Sokolov or someone else, draw conclusions not on the basis of other people's opinions and stereotypes, but on the basis of your own analysis and experience.
