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Maxim Kalashnikov
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<h2 id="ideology-and-criticism">Ideology and criticism</h2> <p>Maxim Kalashnikov is a Russian nationalistic agitator. As an expert in Russian history, economics, and military, he criticizes modern Russia and praises the Soviet system, or more precisely what it was under <a href="/facts/Joseph_Stalin/SHtxGyQn">Joseph Stalin</a> and what it could have become without <a href="/facts/Leonid_Brezhnev/sL5scf4N">Leonid Brezhnev</a> and <a href="/facts/Mikhail_Gorbachev/tKxQRaeP">Mikhail Gorbachev</a>. He is an advocate of "a federated <a href="/facts/Russian_Empire/hg1g5SpV">Russian Empire</a>" consisting of the <a href="/facts/Russian_Federation/jfkCwyxn">Russian Federation</a>, <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukraine</a>, parts of <a href="/facts/Belarus/vweHwgob">Belarus</a>, <a href="/facts/Moldova/qGBNGewt">Moldova</a>'s breakaway <a href="/facts/Transnistria/uSqmpMAd">Transnistria</a>, and <a href="/facts/Georgia_(country)/ccBF8bBE">Georgia</a>'s <a href="/facts/Abkhazia/7to1809j">Abkhazia</a> and <a href="/facts/South_Ossetia/AF7z9Q3Q">South Ossetia</a>. He has described himself as a supporter of "dismemberment" of Georgia and creation of Russian-allied enclaves in its territory.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>Kalashnikov has often been criticized for lack of objectivity and abuse of sentimentalism in his writings. His writings primarily target younger generations of Russians. He has also been criticized for making numerous contradictions. For example, in some of his writings, Kalashnikov praises Stalin and the Soviet system, yet in other writings, he espouses sharp <a href="/facts/Anti-communism/bJuolzxo">anti-communist</a> arguments.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>[<i>better source needed</i>] </p><p>In September 2009 <a href="/facts/President_of_Russia/B51rFJbT">President of Russia</a> <a href="/facts/Dmitry_Medvedev/0FsqCSfm">Dmitry Medvedev</a> urged the government to study Kalashnikov's ideas<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> for speeding the development of the country’s innovative economy posted at <a href="/facts/LiveJournal/142kzvVm">LiveJournal</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="major-works">Major works</h2> <ul><li>Московский спрут <i>The Muscovite Octopus</i> (1993)</li> <li>Москва — империя тьмы <i>Moscow – the Empire of Darkness</i> (1995)</li> <li>Сломанный меч империи <i><a href="/facts/The_Broken_Sword_of_the_Empire/lve0jmMI">The Broken Sword of the Empire</a></i> (1998/2000/2002)</li> <li>Битва за небеса <i> <a href="/facts/The_Battle_for_Skies/rYX2mfnV">The Battle for Skies</a></i> (2000/2002)</li> <li>Гнев орка <i>The Wrath of the Orc</i> (in collaboration with Yuri Krupnov 2003)</li> <li>Оседлай молнию <i>Ride the Lightning</i> (in collaboration with Yuri Krupnov 2003)</li> <li>Вперед, в СССР-2 <i>Towards USSR 2.0</i> (2003)</li> <li>Третий проект: книга-расследование в 3 тт. <i>The Third Project: An Investigation Book in 3 Volumes</i> (in collaboration with Sergey Kugushev 2005/2006)</li> <li>Код Путина <i>The Putin Code</i> (2005)</li> <li>Война с Големом <i>The War Against the Golem</i> (2006)</li> <li>Сверхчеловек говорит по-русски <i>The Übermensch Speaks Russian</i> (in collaboration with Rodion Rusov, 2006)</li> <li>Крещение огнём <i>The Baptism of Fire</i> (2007)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Kirilenko, Anastasia (17 September 2009). "Медведеву предложат опыт Гитлера и Берии" (in Russian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2019-09-03. <a href="http://www.svobodanews.ru/content/article/1825074.html" target="_blank">http://www.svobodanews.ru/content/article/1825074.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Maxim Kalashnikov - The Battle for Skies ISBN 978-5-89747-003-7 <a href="/wiki/The_Battle_for_Skies" target="_blank">/wiki/The_Battle_for_Skies</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Kalashnikov, Maxim [@m-kalashnikov] (15 September 2009). "Письмо Максима Калашникова президенту Д.Медведеву" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2009-09-23 – via LiveJournal. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090923165722/http://m-kalashnikov.livejournal.com/141905.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090923165722/http://m-kalashnikov.livejournal.com/141905.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Iosebashvili, Ira (September 18, 2009). "Medvedev Puts Spotlight on Blogger". The St. Petersburg Times. No. 1510.[dead link] Alt URL <a href="http://sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=29788" target="_blank">http://sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=29788</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>