Dmitri Volkogonov published books that contributed to the strain of liberal Russian thought that emerged during Glasnost in the late 1980s and the post-Soviet era of the early 1990s.
10 Facts About Dmitri Volkogonov
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Dmitri Volkogonov was born on 22 March 1928 in Chita, Eastern Siberia.
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In 1937, when he was eight, Dmitri Volkogonov's father was arrested and shot during Stalin's purges for being found in possession of a pamphlet by Bukharin, who had fallen out of favor with Stalin and who was arrested that year.
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Dmitri Volkogonov's mother was sent to a labor camp, where she died during World War II.
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Dmitri Volkogonov entered the military at the age of seventeen in 1945, which was common for many orphans.
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Dmitri Volkogonov studied at the Lenin Military-Political Academy in Moscow in 1961, transferring to the Soviet Army's propaganda department in 1970.
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Dmitri Volkogonov completed it by 1983, but it was banned by the Central Committee.
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Dmitri Volkogonov had been director of the Institute of Military History since 1985, where he was heavily involved in research and writing.
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Dmitri Volkogonov died from cancer in December 1995 at the age of 67.
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Dmitri Volkogonov's family donated his papers to the United States Library of Congress.