Sergey Tsvetkov
Russian historian, historical popular science writer and lecturer
Sergey Eduardovich Tsvetkov (Russian: Цветков, Сергей Эдуардович) is a Russian historian, historical popular science writer and lecturer at the International University in Moscow. Since 2016, he is with the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies.
He graduated from the Moscow Oblast Pedagogical Institute, now Moscow State Oblast University
His largest work is the multi-volume Russian History ("Русская история"), where he rejects the Normanism theory of the origins of Russia and puts forth original theories of the term "Rus" and ethnic origins of the Russian people.
Books
Russian History series
Цветков С. Э. Русская история: книга первая. — М.: Центрполиграф, 2003.
Цветков С. Э. Русская история: книга вторая. — М.: Центрполиграф, 2004.
Цветков С. Э. Русская история: книга третья. — М.: Центрполиграф, 2006.
Цветков С. Э. Древняя Русь.
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