Oleg Vitalyevich Khlevniuk (; born 7 July 1959 in Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian historian of the Soviet Union.
Career
He completed his Candidate of Sciences thesis on cultural change among Soviet urban workers between 1926âÂÂ1939 at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union in 1986.
He taught at the history department of Moscow State University and is currently a professor at the Higher School of Economics.
Research and views
He has authored a number of books on the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin and the Gulag system. A review by The Times Literary Supplement described him as "one of a now endangered species: a Russian historian who collaborates with Western scholars and funding bodies to produce objective studies based on newly published documents", but criticized Khlevniuk for dismissing everything that has not been directly proven by archival documents.
His outlook on Soviet history is placed by Lewis Siegelbaum within the "neo-totalitarian" school.
Reception
He is a recipient, together with Yoram Gorlizki, of the 2004 Alec Nove Prize, awarded by the British Association for Slavonic & East European Studies, for their book Cold Peace: Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945âÂÂ1953.
He received the Enlightener Prize in 2023.
Works
Books authored/edited
- (with ) ÃÂðÃÂøýðõÃÂÃÂààÃÂõûþòõúð. çõûþòõÃÂõÃÂúøù ÃÂðúÃÂþàò ÃÂþÃÂøðûøÃÂÃÂøÃÂõÃÂúþü ÃÂÃÂÃÂþøÃÂõûÃÂÃÂÃÂòõ. ÃÂÃÂþóø ø ÃÂÃÂþúø 30-ÃÂ
óþôþò (1988)
- The History of the Gulag: From Collectivization to the Great Terror (1990)
- 1937-ù. áÃÂðûøý, ÃÂÃÂÃÂàø ÃÂþòõÃÂÃÂúþõ þñÃÂõÃÂÃÂòþ (1992)
- (with R. W. Davies) The role of Gosplan in economic decision-making in the 1930s (1993)
- áÃÂðûøý ø ÃÂÃÂôöþýøúøô÷õ. ÃÂþýÃÂûøúÃÂàò ÃÂþûøÃÂñÃÂÃÂþ ò 30-õ óþôà(1993)
- English translation: In Stalin's Shadow: The Career of "Sergo" Ordzhonikidze (1995)
- ÃÂþûøÃÂñÃÂÃÂþ. ÃÂõÃÂ
ðýø÷üàÿþûøÃÂøÃÂõÃÂúþù òûðÃÂÃÂø ò 30-õ óþôà(1996)
- French translation: Le Cercle du Kremlin : Staline et le Bureau politique dans les années 30 : les jeux du pouvoir (1996)
- German translation: Das Politbüro. Mechanismen der politischen Macht in der Sowjetunion der dreissiger Jahre (1998)
- (with Yoram Gorlizki) Cold Peace: Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945âÂÂ1953 (2004)
- Russian edition: Ã¥þûþôýÃÂù üøÃÂ. áÃÂðûøý ø ÷ðòõÃÂÃÂõýøõ ÃÂÃÂðûøýÃÂúþù ôøúÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂà(2011)
- (ed., with and Paul Gregory) ÃÂãÃÂÃÂÃÂ. ÃÂúþýþüøúð ÿÃÂøýÃÂôøÃÂõûÃÂýþóþ ÃÂÃÂÃÂôð (2005)
- Master of the House: Stalin and His Inner Circle (2009)
- Russian edition: Ã¥þ÷ÃÂøý. áÃÂðûøý ø ÃÂÃÂòõÃÂöôõýøõ ÃÂÃÂðûøýÃÂúþù ôøúÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂà(2010)
- Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator (2015)
- Russian edition: áÃÂðûøý. ÃÂø÷ýàþôýþóþ òþöôà(2015)
- (with R.W. Davies, Mark Harrison and Stephen G. Wheatcroft) The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, vol. 7: The Soviet Economy and the Approach of War, 1937âÂÂ1939 (2018)
- (with Yoram Gorlizki) Substate Dictatorship: Networks, Loyalty, and Institutional Change in the Soviet Union (2020)
- ÃÂþÃÂÿþÃÂðÃÂøàÃÂðüþ÷òðýÃÂõò. âõýõòðàÃÂúþýþüøúð ø úþÃÂÃÂÃÂÿÃÂøàò ÃÂÃÂðûøýÃÂúþü áááà(2023)
Sources published
- áÃÂðûøýÃÂúþõ ÃÂþûøÃÂñÃÂÃÂþ ò 30-õ óþôÃÂ. áñþÃÂýøú ôþúÃÂüõýÃÂþò (1995)
- (with and Oleg V. Naumov) Stalin's Letters to Molotov, 1925âÂÂ36 (1995)
- (with , et al.) ÃÂðú ûþüðûø ÃÂÃÂÃÂ. áÃÂõýþóÃÂðüüàÿûõýÃÂüþò æàÃÂÃÂÃÂ(ñ) 1928-1929 óó. (2000, 5 vols.)
- áÃÂðûøý ø ÃÂðóðýþòøÃÂ. ÃÂõÃÂõÿøÃÂúð 1931-1936 óó. (2001)
- abridged English edition (with R.W. Davies et al.): The Stalin-Kaganovich Correspondence 1931âÂÂ36 (2003)
- (with A.Ya. Livshin et al.) ÃÂøÃÂÃÂüð òþ òûðÃÂÃÂÃÂ, 1928-1939. ÃÂðÃÂòûõýøÃÂ, öðûþñÃÂ, ôþýþÃÂÃÂ, ÿøÃÂÃÂüð ò óþÃÂÃÂôðÃÂÃÂÃÂòõýýÃÂõ ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂúÃÂÃÂÃÂàø ÃÂþòõÃÂÃÂúøü òþöôÃÂü (2002)
- (with others) ÃÂþûøÃÂñÃÂÃÂþ æàÃÂÃÂÃÂ(ñ) ø áþòõàÃÂøýøÃÂÃÂÃÂþò áááà, 1945-1953 (2002)
- (with Vladimir A. Kozlov and ) ÃÂðúûÃÂÃÂõýýÃÂõ ýð ÃÂÃÂÃÂþùúðÃÂ
úþüüÃÂýø÷üð. ÃÂãÃÂÃÂàø þñÃÂõúÃÂàÃÂýõÃÂóõÃÂøúø ò áááà(2006)
- (with others) àõóøþýðûÃÂýðàÿþûøÃÂøúð ÃÂ.á. ÃÂ¥ÃÂÃÂÃÂõòð. æàÃÂÃÂáá ø üõÃÂÃÂýÃÂõ ÿðÃÂÃÂøùýÃÂõ úþüøÃÂõÃÂÃÂ, 1953-1964 óó. (2009)
- (with Lyudmila P. Kosheleva et al.) áþòõÃÂÃÂúðàýðÃÂøþýðûÃÂýðàÿþûøÃÂøúð. ÃÂôõþûþóøàø ÿÃÂðúÃÂøúø 1945-1953 (2013)
- (with Marina Astakhova et al.) ÃÂþÃÂÃÂôðÃÂÃÂÃÂòõýýÃÂù úþüøÃÂõàþñþÃÂþýàáááà. ÃÂþÃÂÃÂðýþòûõýøàø ôõÃÂÃÂõûÃÂýþÃÂÃÂÃÂ, 1941-1945 óó. ÃÂýýþÃÂøÃÂþòðýýÃÂù úðÃÂðûþó (2015, 2 vols.)
- (with Lyudmila P. Kosheleva and Larisa A. Rogovaya) áþòõÃÂÃÂúþõ òþõýýþ-ÿþûøÃÂøÃÂõÃÂúþõ ÃÂÃÂúþòþôÃÂÃÂòþ ò óþôàÃÂõûøúþù ÃÂÃÂõÃÂõÃÂÃÂòõýýþù òþùýÃÂ. ÃÂþÃÂÃÂôðÃÂÃÂÃÂòõýýÃÂù ÃÂþüøÃÂõàÃÂñþÃÂþýàáááà, ÃÂþûøÃÂñÃÂÃÂþ æàÃÂÃÂÃÂ(ñ), áþòõàýðÃÂþôýÃÂÃÂ
úþüøÃÂÃÂðÃÂþò áááà. áñþÃÂýøú ôþúÃÂüõýÃÂþò (2020)
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