Yuri Felshtinsky

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Full Name	Yuri Felshtinsky
Occupation	Historian
Date Of Birth	Sep 7, 1956(1956-09-07)
Age	68
Birthplace	Moscow
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Virgo

Yuri Felshtinsky Biography

Yuri Felshtinsky is one of the most popular and richest Historian who was born on September 7, 1956 in Moscow, Russia. Russian American historian Yuri Georgievich Felshtinsky, Russian: Iurii Georgievich Felshtinskii, was born 7 September 1956 in Moscow. Felshtinsky is the author of several books about Russian history including The Bolsheviks, the Left SRs (Paris 1985), Towards a History of Our Isolation(London, 1988), Moscow, 1991), The Failure of the World Revolution (1991), Moscow 1992), Blowing up Russia (with Alexander Litvinenko) and The Age of Assassins with Vladimir Pribylovsky.

Mikhail Trepashkin, an investigator, stated that “everyone involved in the publication book Blowing Up Russia would be killed”, and that three FSB agents had traveled to Boston to plan the assassination. Felshinsky suggested Berezovsky be killed after the death of Boris Berezovsky (exiled oligarch) who sponsored the book.

Litvinenko, who had been poisoned with Polonium-210, died in London on November 6, 2006. (See Alexander Litvinenko’s Poisoning).

Yuri Felshtinsky Net Worth

Yuri Felshtinsky is one of the richest Historian from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yuri Felshtinsky 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Felshtinsky lost his parents when he was just 17 years old. In 1974, he began history studies at Moscow State Pedagogical University. He decided to emigrate from Israel to the Soviet Union a few years later, first going to Vienna. Instead of traveling from Vienna to Israel, he decided to go further to the United States. He arrived there in April 1978 and continued his studies. He received his degree from Brandeis University, and then earned his PhD in history at Rutgers University. He returned to Moscow in 1993 to defend his Doctor of Science thesis, the Institute of Russian History of Russian Academy of Sciences. This was the first Russian citizen to receive a doctorate from an Russian university.

In 1998, Felshtinsky returned to Moscow to study contemporary Russian politics. Alexander Litvinenko (a lieutenant colonel in the Federal Security Service) was Felshtinsky’s first acquaintance. Felshtinsky began work on Blowing up Russia in 2000. This book describes the gradual appropriation in Russia of power by the security apparatus. It also details the involvement of the FSB in a series terrorist acts that occurred between 1994 and 1999. A special edition of Novaya Gazeta published several chapters from Blowing up Russia in August 2001. The book was used as the basis of a documentary film called Blowing Up Russia, also known as Assassination Of Russia. The Russian government banned both the book and documentary for “divulging state secret”. Felshtinsky and Litvinenko worked together on additional documents that documented the involvement of the FSB in the September 1999 apartment house bombings.

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Yuri Ranked on the list of most popular Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Yuri Felshtinsky celebrates birthday on September 7 of every year.

Top Facts about Yuri Felshtinsky

1. Yuri Felshtinsky is a prominent Russo-American historian and author.
2. He was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1956.
3. Felshtinsky specializes in Russian history and politics.
4. He co-authored the book “Blowing Up Russia” with Alexander Litvinenko.
5. Felshtinsky has written extensively on the KGB and its operations.
6. He has been an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin’s regime.
7. Felshtinsky holds a Ph.D. in history from Rutgers University.
8. He has taught at various universities, including Boston College and Yale University.
9. Felshtinsky has received several awards for his work as a historian.
10. His research focuses on uncovering hidden truths about Russian political events.