Oleg Ken

Oleg Nikolaevich Ken(Russian:Олег Николаевич Кен,March 13, 1960,Orsk,- October 28, 2007,Saint Petersburg) was a Russian historian who worked inSaint PetersburgatHerzen UniversityandEuropean University at Saint Petersburgand specialized in the history of theSoviet Union,Polandand European diplomacy of the 1920s-1930s.

Oleg Ken was born inOrsk,Orenburg Oblast,where his family lived in exile owing to theirethnic German origin.He entered undergraduate studies atOrelPedagogical Institute, but in 1979 moved to Leningrad and in 1981 graduated from the Department of History ofLeningrad State Pedagogical University.In 1990 Ken defended hisKandidat naukthesis "Great Britain and European security (1933-1935)". Since 1994 he had worked at European University at Saint Petersburg, where he was Secretary for Academic Affairs and earned hisDoktor naukdegree. In 2005 he was appointed Full Professor atHerzen University.He died fromheart failurein his sleep in his apartment on October 28, 2007.

External links

• Personal website of Oleg Ken
• Oleg Ken@ European University at Saint Petersburg
• Oleg KenТрагедия соперничающих невозможностейNeprikosnovenny ZapasN2 (22) 2002(in Russian)
• Oleg KenSystem Error? Москва и западные соседи в 1920-е — 1930-е годыN4 (24) 2002(in Russian)
• Oleg KenСталин как стратег (между двумя войнами)Russian Journal (website)26 August 2004(in Russian)
• Oleg KenПутин и Сталин // сходство языка и мышленияDelo13 September 2004(in Russian)
• Oleg KenПревентивная коррекция памяти // Почему День Победы — 9 мая?Delo24 April 2006(in Russian)
• Oleg Ken"Работа по истории" и стратегия авторитаризма, 1935-1937 гг.(in Russian)