Aleksander Kan
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Aleksander Kan (born 1925) is a Russian born historian, now working as a professor at the Uppsala University in Sweden.[1]
Aleksander Kan was born in Moscow. During World War II Kan served as an interpreter in the Soviet Army 1944 – 1945. In the Soviet Union he wrote several books about the history of Scandinavia from a Marxist standpoint. He emigrated with his family to Sweden in 1987 with some help from the Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, and Kan became a Swedish citizen in 1992.[2]
He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Uppsala University Directory: Aleksandr Kan, accessed 2010-05-22
- ^ Kan, Aleksander - Hemmabolsjevikerna. Den svenska socialdemokratin, ryska bolsjeviker och mensjeviker under världskriget och revolutionsåren 1914-1920, Svenska Dagbladet 2005-08-30 (Swedish)
- ^ "Gruppe 1: Historie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40100. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
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