The image of a modern and successful woman - historian Kantor Julia and her biography

She is a woman who has an iron will, studies a military historical period, is engaged in the publication of her scientific articles and at the same time is a professor at the Department of History of the RSPU. Herzen. Meet Kantor Yulia Zorakhovna.

Childhood and school years

Julia Zorakhovna was born in the city of Leningrad in 1972. From the very childhood she loved literature and read a lot of books. In the house where her grandparents lived, there was a huge library. It was on a visit to my grandmother Kantor Julia met with a fascinating world of literature and history. In the school years, her love of reading only increased, so she spent a lot of time reading in the school library. Julia was particularly diligent, responsible and almost three years occupied the honorary post of elders. In all subjects she had round five. Perhaps, thanks to a good history teacher who conducted very interesting lessons, Julia decided to become a teacher herself. After graduating from school in 1989, she decided to enter the Pedagogical Institute. After passing the entrance exams for high scores, Julia was able to choose one of the most prestigious universities in Leningrad - RSPU them. Herzen.

Years of study at the university

Julia Kantor, whose biography is closely intertwined with science history, even in the university years has established itself as a girl with a broad outlook and developed thinking. Received Julia at the RSPU. Herzen in 1990, studied for 5 years in the specialty of "universal history" and in 1995 received a red diploma. In the third year, as a student, Julia began collaborating with various journals and published her historical notes and short articles. She defined the main themes for studying the pre-war period, Soviet-German relations and all aspects of the Second World War.

Julia Kantor - historian and professor

In 2001, Julia defended her thesis in the specialty "Russian language" and in 2001 received the post of adviser to the director - a leading researcher of the State Hermitage on the issues of displaced art of the Second World War. To this day he is the leading scientific employee of the museum, which is responsible for the preservation and competent placement of all the exhibits devoted to the war period. In the same year, she actively engaged in teaching activities at St. Petersburg State University, taught students of the Faculty of Journalism.

In 2007, Kantor Yulia received the title of Doctor of Historical Sciences, defending her doctoral dissertation "Military-Political Relations of the USSR and Germany." Since then, she has devoted herself to the further study of Soviet-German relations and regularly publishes her scientific works in the most popular journals.

Scientific works and books of Julia Kantor

Thanks to her work in the editorial department of the newspaper Nevskoye Vremya (also being a correspondent of the newspaper Izvestia), Kantor Yulia had access to a large database of classified documents from the Second World War. Curiosity and the desire for knowledge prompted Julia to seriously study the entire period of the war. She described her studies in detail in her books. For example, in 2008, Julia published one of her most powerful works - a book dedicated to Stalin's repression. "War and Peace of Tukhachevsky" is a book that describes detailed details about the "business of the military", it is based on the life example of the Soviet military leader Mikhail Tukhachevsky.

Julia Zorakhovna is the author of a number of historical books, such as "Sworn Friendship: Secret Relations between the USSR and Germany," "Baltic States, War without Rules," and "Tukhachevsky." All books are based on reliable sources, because when they were written, Julia used data from unique documents taken from the Central Archive of the FSB and foreign military archives. In these books you can find answers to many questions about the political motives of various events, for example, the repressions of 1937-1939.

Social activity

In addition to scientific activities, Kantor Yulia is also actively involved in public affairs. She constantly speaks at various meetings with proposals to perpetuate the memory of the victims of repression. So, for example, in 2012, Julia was appointed a member of the expert group of the program to help the needy victims of political repression. Of course, the state provides assistance (financial support in the amount of 300 to 2,000 rubles), but Yulia Zorakhovna believes that this is too little. "We need every resident of Russia to realize that the repression of the 20th century is a common national tragedy," she said.

On the question of how she manages to combine and work at the university (recalling that she is a professor at the historical faculty of the Herzen State Pedagogical University) with active social activities, Yulia Zorakhovna answers that she is helped by competent time management.