Aleksander Kan
Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Aleksander Sergeevich Kan (31 October 1925 - 22 January 2017)[1] was a Russian born historian and professor at Uppsala University in Sweden.[2]
Biography
Aleksander Kan was born in Moscow. During World War II he 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 help from the Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, and became a Swedish citizen in 1992.[3]
He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[4]
References
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- ↑ Kan, Aleksander - Hemmabolsjevikerna. Den svenska socialdemokratin, ryska bolsjeviker och mensjeviker under världskriget och revolutionsåren 1914-1920, Svenska Dagbladet 2005-08-30 Template:In lang
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