Vladimir Samarin
Russian Axis collaborator and educator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vladimir Dmitriyevich Sokolov[lower-alpha 1] (2 March 1913 – 19 January 1992), also known under the pen name of Samarin,[lower-alpha 2] was a Russian Axis collaborator, journalist, writer, researcher and educator. Following his work as a propagandist for Nazi Germany as one of the writers of the Rech newspaper, he fled to the United States and became a senior lector of Russian language studies at Yale University from 1949 to 1976. In 1982, he was targeted by the United States Department of Justice for deportation, bringing him national notoriety. Following the revocation of his citizenship, he fled to an Orthodox monastery in Montreal, Canada, where he died in 1992.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitriyevich and the family name is Sokolov.
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Vladimir Sokolov | |
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Born | (1913-03-02)2 March 1913 |
Died | 19 January 1992(1992-01-19) (aged 78) |
Nationality | Russian |
Criminal charges | Illegal procurement of American citizenship False statements to government officials |
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