Igor Rudolfovich Plewe

Igor Rudolfowitsch Plewe ( Russian Игорь Рудольфович Плеве ; born June 14, 1958 in Prokopjewsk , USSR ) is a Soviet or Russian historian who specializes in the German minority of the former Soviet Union .

Life

From 1975 to 1980 Plewe, the son of deported Volga German parents, successfully studied history at the Saratov State University . As a result, he worked as a history and social science teacher in the Saratov region . As the youngest research assistant, he worked in the archaeological research laboratory of Saratov University from May 1983. In 1986 Plewe was appointed Assistant History of the USSR, and in 1987 Professor of the same department. This was followed by a position as deputy dean at the history faculty of his Saratov University from 1988 to 1993. Two years later, he moved to the Socio-Economic Institute of Saratov (Russian Саратовский социально-экономический институт), where he obtained his doctorate. In 1998 he defended it with the doctoral thesis Volga German Colonies in the second half of the XVIII. Century (russ. Немецкие колонии на Волге во второй половине XVIII в.). Since March 1999 Igor Plewe was a recognized doctorate in history, and since March 2000 professor. From 2005 to 2008 he worked in the Ministry of Education of the Saratov Region. Plewe is currently the rector of Saratov University.

From 1995 to 2005 he was chairman and then vice chairman of the International Association for the Study of the History and Culture of Russian Germans (Russian Международная ассоциация исследователей истории и культуры российских немцев -. МАИИКРН). As a member of the editorial team, he was involved in the compilation of the encyclopedia «Немцы России» (Nemzy Rossii, German The Russian Germans ). He also worked as a member of the Academy of Science of the Russian Germans (Russian Общественная академия наук российских немцев).

Igor Rudolfowitsch Plewe made a significant contribution to the study of the civilizations of Russia. The historian's writings are published not only in Russia, but also in Germany, the USA and Latin America.

Publications in German (selection)

• Immigration to the Volga region 1764-1767 Volumes 1-4, Inst. F. Culture u. Story d. Germans in Northeast Europe, with Alfred Eisfeld