Mark Solonin: biography and creativity

Today we will talk about who Mark Solonin is. The author’s books, as well as his biography, will be discussed below. He was born in 1958, on May 29, in Kuibyshev. It is a Russian writer, publicist, author of articles and books that belong 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 design engineer. Currently, the work of Solonin is not too often cited in scientific journals. The opinions of academic historians regarding his work range from positive to sharply negative. The latter sometimes include direct accusations of falsification and lies.

Biography

Mark Solonin graduated from high school in 1975. Received a gold medal. He entered the local aviation institute named after S.P. Korolev. Upon completion, he worked at the Design Bureau. In 1987, he began working as a fireman in a boiler room. He was the organizer of socio-political clubs in Kuibyshev during the Perestroika. Since the mid-1980s, he began to work in the direction of the theme of the Great Patriotic War. The author’s books have been published in Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, Estonia, Poland, Ukraine and Russia. In 2010, he signed the appeal of the opposition of the Russian Federation "Putin must leave." In 2011, he took part as a co-author of the script and the protagonist in the documentary television movie "June 22" A. Pivovarova. The writer repeatedly participated in the broadcast of the “Price of Victory” program. On the radio station "Freedom" he had 5 large interviews. Constantly published on 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 scientific and historical conferences in Vilnius and Tallinn. He delivered special lectures at universities in these cities, as well as in Washington, Boston, Bratislava and Kaunas. However, nothing is known about the reviews devoted to the writer's work on the pages of scientific journals in the USA and Europe.

Historical works

Mark Solonin claims that Soviet aviation was of a Luftwaffe quality and was many times numerically superior to the enemy. Tanks of the USSR, according to him, had multiple qualitative and quantitative superiority. The writer claims that the Red Army was not inferior to the enemy in terms of being equipped with tractors and artillery.

Version of the development of events in 1941

Mark Solonin reviewed the causes of the failures of the Red Army in the first stage of the war. The writer expresses the opinion that the whole thing lies in the full-scale collapse of the armed forces, which resulted in the mass surrender of soldiers and desertion. The author talks about the sharp negative attitude of the main part of the country's population to the new Soviet power, because it deceived the people and did not fulfill the slogans. Farmers were turned into a new kind of serfs. Famine and dispossession were arranged. According to the author, the mass repressions in 1937-1938 turned most of the command personnel into life-long and mortally frightened people. They were afraid to take any initiative, becoming gears in the chain between Stalin and the troops.

The next reason for the reluctance to fight the writer considers the inconsistent foreign policy of the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941. After all, Hitler was both the closest ally and the “arsonist of war”. Moreover, the author claims that one should not reduce everything to elementary formulations. The writer cites a number of formations in the Red Army that caused considerable damage to the enemy in the first few days of the war. The author calls the main reasons for the change Hitler’s policy, which was expressed in the rejection of the idea of ​​the anti-Bolshevik Russian army. In addition, a terrible attitude towards the prisoners played a role.

Books

In 2004, Mark Solonin wrote the work “Barrel and Hoops”. In 2006, the book “At Peacefully Sleeping Airfields” was published. In 2007, the work “June 22nd” appeared. In 2007, a sequel was published. In 2008, the next part of June 25 is published. In the same year, the work “Brainstorming” appeared. In 2009, the book The rout of 1941 was published. Next comes the work "USSR - Finland." A collection of articles entitled “No Good in War” was published in 2010. In 2011, the work “Three Plans of Comrade Stalin” appeared. Next comes the book “A New Chronology of Disaster.” After it, a sequel is published. In 2012, the work "Datura-grass." In 2013, the book “June 41st. The final diagnosis. "

Plots

In the book "June 22", the author expresses his view on the outbreak of 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 primary attention to the “human factor”. Now we will discuss in more detail another book, which was also written by Mark Solonin. “The final diagnosis” is a work that tells about the author’s view on the scale of the catastrophe that occurred in 1941. The writer expresses his opinion on the ratio of losses between Soviet German soldiers.