Vadim Rogovin

Vadim Zakharovich Rogovin (Russian: Вади́м Заха́рович Рого́вин; 10 May 1937 – 18 September 1998) was a Russian Marxist (Trotskyist)^[1] historian and sociologist, Ph.D. in philosophy, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the author of Was There An Alternative?, the 7-volume study of the Stalin era between 1923 and 1940, with an emphasis on the Trotskyist opposition.

He was considered the leading Trotskyist Soviet historian to emerge after Perestroika.^[2] Rogovin was a supporter of the International Committee of the Fourth International.^[3]

In 1998, Rogovin died of cancer, survived by his wife, Galina Valiuzhenich.^[1]

^ ^a ^b North, David (18 September 1998). "Rogovin'a obituary".
^ Thatcher, Ian D. (2003). Trotsky. London: Routledge. p. 19.
^ "In memory of Vadim Z. Rogovin". World Socialist Web Site. 23 August 2019.

[obit-1] North, David (18 September 1998). "Rogovin'a obituary".

[2] Thatcher, Ian D. (2003). Trotsky. London: Routledge. p. 19.

[3] "In memory of Vadim Z. Rogovin". World Socialist Web Site. 23 August 2019.

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