Oleg Khlevniuk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Oleg Khlevniuk

Russian historian

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1959

Place of Birth: Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: historian, university teacher

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Oleg Vitalyevich Khlevniuk (Russian: ???? ?????????? ???????, born July 7, 1959 Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR) is a historian and a senior researcher at the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow.
Much of his writing on Stalinist Soviet Union is based on newly released archival documents, including personal correspondence, drafts of Central Committee paperwork, new memoirs, and interviews with former functionaries and the families of Politburo members.
Gleb Pavlovsky has characterized him as a "leading Russian historian of Stalinism" He also a corresponding fellow of Royal Historical Society.