Mark Solonin: biography and creativity

Today we will talk about who is Mark Solonin. The author's books, as well as his biography will be examined below. He was born in 1958, on May 29, in Kuibyshev. We are talking about a Russian writer, publicist, author of articles and books that relate to the genre of historical revisionism. His works are devoted to the Great Patriotic War, in particular its initial period. By education, the writer is an aviation engineer-designer. Currently, Solonin's works are not often quoted in scientific publications. The views of academic historians on his work vary from positive to sharply negative. The latter sometimes include direct charges of falsification and lies.

Biography

Mark Solonin graduated in 1975. He received a gold medal. Enrolled in the local aviation institute named after SP Korolev. Upon his graduation he worked in the OKB. In 1987 he began to work in a boiler stoker. He was the organizer of sociopolitical clubs in Kuibyshev in the days of Perestroika. Since the mid-1980s, I began to work towards the theme of the Great Patriotic War. The books of the author are published in Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, Estonia, Poland, Ukraine and Russia. In 2010 he signed an appeal by the opposition of the Russian Federation "Putin must leave." In 2011, he took part as co-author of the script and actor in the documentary "June 22" by A. Pivovarov. The writer repeatedly participated in the broadcast of the program "The Price of Victory". On the radio station "Svoboda" he had 5 big interviews. Constantly published in the pages of the weekly "Military Industrial Courier". In 2009, he was denied access to the archives of the Foreign Ministry. From 2009 to 2010 he was invited to the scientific and historical conferences in Vilnius and Tallinn. He spoke with special lectures at the universities of these cities, as well as in Washington, Boston, Bratislava and Kaunas. However, nothing is known about the reviews devoted to the writer's works on the pages of scientific journals of the USA and Europe.

Historical works

Mark Solonin argues that Soviet aviation in quality matched the Luftwaffe and many times exceeded the enemy's strength numerically. The tanks of the USSR, he said, had multiple qualitative and quantitative superiority. The writer claims that according to the equipment of trucks and artillery the Red Army did not concede to the enemy.

The version of events in 1941

Mark Solonin revised the reasons for the failures of the Red Army in the first stage of the war. The writer expresses the opinion that the whole matter is in the full-scale collapse of the armed forces, which was expressed in the mass surrender of soldiers to prison and desertion. The author speaks about the sharp negative attitude of the main part of the country's population to the new Soviet power, because she deceived the people and did not fulfill the slogans. The collective farmers were turned into a new kind of serfs. Holodomor and dispossession were organized. According to the author, the massive repression in 1937-1938, turned most of the command cadres into lifelong and mortally intimidated people. They were afraid to show any initiative, becoming gears in the chain between Stalin and the troops.

The next reason for the reluctance to fight the writer is the inconsistent foreign policy of the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941. After all, Hitler was both the closest ally and the "warmonger". At the same time the author claims that one should not reduce everything to elementary formulations. The writer cites a number of connections in the Red Army, which inflicted considerable damage on the enemy in the first few days of the war. The author refers to Hitler's policy as the main reasons for the crisis, which was expressed in rejection of the idea of the anti-Bolshevik Russian army. In addition, its role was played by a terrible attitude towards the prisoners.

Books

Mark Solonin in 2004 wrote the work "Barrel and hoops". In 2006, the book "On Peacefully Sleeping Aerodromes" is published. In 2007, the work "June 22" appears. In 2007, the sequel is published. In 2008, the next part of "June 25" is published. In the same year, there is a work called "Mozgoyenie". In 2009, the book "The rout of 1941" is published. Next is the work "The USSR - Finland". A collection of articles titled "No Good for War" is published in 2010. In 2011, the work "Three Plans for Comrade Stalin" appears. Next comes the book "The New Chronology of the Catastrophe." After it the continuation is published. In 2012 the work "Durman-grass" comes out. In 2013, the book "June 41-th. The final diagnosis. "

Plots

In the book "June 22" the author expresses his opinion on the beginning of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union. The writer refutes the established idea of the causes of the failures of the Red Army. Expresses his interpretation of military events. The writer pays special attention to the "human factor". Now we will discuss in more detail another book, which also was written by Mark Solonin. "The final diagnosis" is a work that tells about the author's view of the magnitude of the catastrophe that occurred in 1941. The writer expresses his opinion about the correlation of losses between Soviet German soldiers.