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'''Mikhail Sergeyevich Voslensky''' ({{lang-ru|Михаил Сергеевич Восленский}}) (December 6, 1920, [[Berdyansk]], [[Ukraine]]—February 8, 1997, [[Bonn]], [[Germany]]) was a former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[writer]], [[scientist]] and [[diplomat]], and author of the book ''Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class'', about the Soviet [[nomenklatura]], translated into 14 languages and printed in multiple editions.
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[[File:Voslensky1988.jpg|thumb|Michael Voslensky (1988)]]
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'''Mikhail Sergeyevich Voslensky''' ({{lang-ru|Михаил Серге́евич Восленский}}) (December 6, 1920, [[Berdyansk]], [[Ukrainian SSR]] – February 8, 1997, [[Bonn]], [[Germany]]) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[writer]], [[scientist]], [[diplomat]] and [[dissident]] who authored the book ''Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class'', about the Soviet [[nomenklatura]], translated into 14 languages and printed in multiple editions.


Michael Voslensky was an interpreter of the Soviet Union during the [[Nuremberg Trials]]. During 1953-1955 he worked with the [[World Peace Council]]. later he worked in the [[USSR Academy of Sciences]]
Voslensky was an interpreter for the Soviet Union during the [[Nuremberg Trials]]. In 1953-1955 he worked with the [[World Peace Council]]. Later he worked at the [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]].


In 1974, after 4 years of living in [[West Germany]], he was stripped of Soviet citizenship (restored in 1990) and worked with the Forschungsinstitut für sowjetische Gegenwart (Research Institute for the Soviet Union).
In 1974, after 4 years of living in [[West Germany]], he was stripped of his Soviet citizenship (restored in 1990) and worked with the Forschungsinstitut für Sowjetische Gegenwart (Research Institute for the Soviet Union).


His book ''Nomenklatura'' was motivated by [[Milovan Djilas]]'s idea about the [[New Class]] emerging in [[communist state]]s.
His book ''Nomenklatura'' was motivated by [[Milovan Djilas]]'s concept of a [[New Class]] emerging in [[communist state]]s.


His book ''Secrets Revealed: Moscow Archives Speak'' sketches the role of terror in the Soviet system, the evolution of the Soviet [[secret police]], and the role of the ''nomenklatura'' in its hierarchy.
His book ''Secrets Revealed: Moscow Archives Speak'' sketches the role of terror in the Soviet system, the evolution of the Soviet [[secret police]], and the role of the ''nomenklatura'' in its hierarchy.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book
* {{cite book
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| author = Michael Voslensky
| year = 1984
| year = 1984
| title = Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class
| title = Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class
| publisher = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
| publisher = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]
| edition = 1st edition
| edition = 1st
| isbn = 0-385-17657-0
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| isbn = 0385176570}}<ref>Briefly reviewed in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' (14 January 1985) : 119.</ref>
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}}<ref>Briefly reviewed in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' (14 January 1985) : 119.</ref>
* {{cite book
* {{cite book
|author = [[Michael Voslensky]]
|author = Michael Voslensky
| year = 1984
| year = 1984
| title = Nomenklatura: Anatomy of the Soviet Ruling Class
| title = Nomenklatura: Anatomy of the Soviet Ruling Class
| publisher = The Bodley Head Ltd, London
| publisher = The Bodley Head Ltd, London
| edition = 1st edition
| edition = 1st
| isbn = 0370304713}}
| isbn = 0-370-30471-3}}
**Russian original was written in 1970, distributed by ''[[samizdat]]'', and eventually printed as Восленский М.С., Номенклатура. Господствующий класс Советского Союза. М., 1991.
**Russian original was written in 1970, distributed by ''[[samizdat]]'', and eventually printed as Восленский М.С., Номенклатура. Господствующий класс Советского Союза. М., 1991.
**German: ''Nomenklatura : der herrschende Klasse der Sowjetunion''
**German: ''Nomenklatura : der herrschende Klasse der Sowjetunion''
*** Wien, [[Molden]], 1980
*** Wien, [[Molden]], 1980
***Munchen, [[Moewig]], 1982, ISBN 3811831437
***Munchen, [[Moewig]], 1982, {{ISBN|3-8118-3143-7}}
***Molden, 1984, ISBN 3889190278
***Molden, 1984, {{ISBN|3-88919-027-8}}
**''La nomenklatura, les privilégiés en URSS'', Paris, 1980. {{fr icon}}
**''La nomenklatura, les privilégiés en URSS'', Paris, 1980. {{in lang|fr}}
*Восленский М. С. Из истории политики США в германском вопросе (1918–1919 гг.). М., 1954. {{ru icon}}
*Восленский М. С. Из истории политики США в германском вопросе (1918–1919 гг.). М., 1954. {{in lang|ru}}
*''Das Geheime wird offenbar. Moskauer Archive erzählen. 1917-1991. '', Langen Müller 1995, ISBN 3784425364 (''"Secrets Revealed: Moscow Archives Speak"'') {{de icon}}
*''Das Geheime wird offenbar. Moskauer Archive erzählen. 1917-1991. '', Langen Müller 1995, {{ISBN|3-7844-2536-4}} (''"Secrets Revealed: Moscow Archives Speak"'') {{in lang|de}}
*''Sterbliche Götter: die Lehrmeister der Nomenklatura'', Erlangen Straube, 1989, ISBN 3-927491-11-X
*''Sterbliche Götter: die Lehrmeister der Nomenklatura'', Erlangen Straube, 1989, {{ISBN|3-927491-11-X}}

==Notes==
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://encycl.yandex.ru/art.xml?art=sociology/soc/soc-0179.htm&encpage=sociology&mrkp=http%3A//hghltd.yandex.com/yandbtm%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A//encycl.yandex.ru/texts/sociology/soc/soc-0179.htm%26text%3D%25C2%25EE%25F1%25EB%25E5%25ED%25F1%25EA%25E8%25E9%26reqtext%3D%25C2%25EE%25F1%25EB%25E5%25ED%25F1%25EA%25E8%25E9%253A%253A1819103916%26%26isu%3D2 "Voslensky"]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|ru}}
* [https://www.mediathek.at/nc/type/8000/searchQuery/972/hash/YnBTXnVB/ Audio recordings with Michael Voslenski] in the Online Archive of the [[Österreichische Mediathek]] (Interviews and lectures in German). Retrieved 4. October 2019
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Revision as of 05:49, 13 June 2024

Michael Voslensky (1988)

Mikhail Sergeyevich Voslensky (Template:Lang-ru) (December 6, 1920, Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR – February 8, 1997, Bonn, Germany) was a Soviet writer, scientist, diplomat and dissident who authored the book Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class, about the Soviet nomenklatura, translated into 14 languages and printed in multiple editions.

Voslensky was an interpreter for the Soviet Union during the Nuremberg Trials. In 1953-1955 he worked with the World Peace Council. Later he worked at the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

In 1974, after 4 years of living in West Germany, he was stripped of his Soviet citizenship (restored in 1990) and worked with the Forschungsinstitut für Sowjetische Gegenwart (Research Institute for the Soviet Union).

His book Nomenklatura was motivated by Milovan Djilas's concept of a New Class emerging in communist states.

His book Secrets Revealed: Moscow Archives Speak sketches the role of terror in the Soviet system, the evolution of the Soviet secret police, and the role of the nomenklatura in its hierarchy.

Bibliography

  • Michael Voslensky (1984). Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class (1st ed.). Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-17657-0.[1]
  • Michael Voslensky (1984). Nomenklatura: Anatomy of the Soviet Ruling Class (1st ed.). The Bodley Head Ltd, London. ISBN 0-370-30471-3.
    • Russian original was written in 1970, distributed by samizdat, and eventually printed as Восленский М.С., Номенклатура. Господствующий класс Советского Союза. М., 1991.
    • German: Nomenklatura : der herrschende Klasse der Sowjetunion
    • La nomenklatura, les privilégiés en URSS, Paris, 1980. (in French)
  • Восленский М. С. Из истории политики США в германском вопросе (1918–1919 гг.). М., 1954. (in Russian)
  • Das Geheime wird offenbar. Moskauer Archive erzählen. 1917-1991. , Langen Müller 1995, ISBN 3-7844-2536-4 ("Secrets Revealed: Moscow Archives Speak") (in German)
  • Sterbliche Götter: die Lehrmeister der Nomenklatura, Erlangen Straube, 1989, ISBN 3-927491-11-X

Notes

  1. ^ Briefly reviewed in The New Yorker (14 January 1985) : 119.
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