Vyacheslav Ivanovich Dashichev

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Vyacheslav Ivanovich Daschitschew ( Russian Вячеслав Иванович Дашичев ; born February 9, 1925 in Moscow ; † June 1, 2016 ibid) was a Russian political scientist and historian who contributed significantly to the détente in the East-West during the times of the Eastern Bloc .

According to the Hamburg State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in April 2008, Daschitschew was an "international figure of right-wing extremism ".

Life

Daschitschew was a son of General Ivan Fyodorowitsch Daschitschew (1897–1963). He took part in the 4th Ukrainian Front from 1943-45 as a reconnaissance officer in World War II . 1945-49 he studied modern history at the Lomonossow University and taught at the military academy "MW Frunze" . He studied until 1953 and then worked until 1959 as editor of the department for foreign military theory of the magazine military science . 1959-1968 he headed the Department of Foreign Military History of Military History magazine .

Gaining his doctorate in history in 1973 , he headed the Department of Foreign Policy Problems at the Institute for International Economic and Political Studies (ИЭМСС) of the Russian Academy of Sciences until 1990 . At the beginning of perestroika he was also a professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Soviet Foreign Ministry. He acted as a foreign policy advisor for Mikhail Sergejewitsch Gorbachev and was considered a pioneer of East-West détente, German unity and, more generally, for human rights, democracy and the market economy. In June 1988, statements by Daschitschew about the wall on the inner-German border in the west became known.

In 1991 he taught as a visiting professor at the Free University of Berlin , in 1992 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and in 1996 at the University of Mannheim . At that time, plans for economic cooperation for Kaliningrad were being developed with the Federal Institute for Eastern and International Studies . In 1995 he received the Friedrich Joseph Haass Prize for German-Russian Understanding. In 1998 he returned to Russia and worked at the Center for International Economic and Political Studies of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences until 2006 .

Daschitschev's contribution to German reunification and the end of the Cold War was assessed by Gorbachev's chief advisor, Anatoly Tschernjajew , in 1999 as follows:

“From the multitude of scientific sources that Gorbachev used to provide information about German affairs and also about those of the 'socialist camp', the analytical notes of Vyacheslav Daschitschew should be mentioned. His assessments of the events in Germany and his recommendations - in contrast to the majority of the others - point in the right direction. "

- Gorbachev's policy on Germany from a Russian perspective, in: "50 Years of Soviet and Russian Policy on Germany and its Effects on Mutual Relations". Ed .: Boris Meissner and Alfred Eisfeld . Berlin 1999, p. 193. ISBN 978-3428098446 .

He discussed u. a. in the Körber Foundation .

Connections to right-wing extremist circles

In the course of time Daschichev has increasingly turned to right-wing extremist circles. Daschitschew was a board member of the Continent Europe Foundation of right-wing extremist Patrik Brinkmann . He also gave several interviews to the right-wing extremist publisher Gerhard Frey and published articles in the National-Zeitung . He was awarded a medal by the then chairman of the Society for Free Journalism , Andreas Molau , and appeared at a party congress of the German People's Union and at NPD events . According to research by " taz " journalist Andreas Speit , Daschitschew's appearance at the State and Economic Political Society was canceled in May 2008 . a. because Daschitschew also appeared at the NPD and the Society for Free Journalism. Quote: According to the North German constitution protection authorities, the Russian is an "international figure of right-wing extremism". His previous morning at the German Navy Federation was also canceled.

Publications

  • with Carl Gustaf Ströhm : The Reorganization of Central Europe . Koehler Publishing House. 1991
  • Moscow's grab for world power. The bitter fruits of hegemonic politics . ES Mittler Verlag. Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn. 2002; with a foreword by Michail Gorbatschow and a prologue by Hans-Dietrich Genscher .
  • From Stalin to Putin. In search of alternatives to the politics of violence and domination. Russia put to the test. Ares Verlag, Graz 2015.

Web links

References

  1. ↑ No guest performance for Professor Daschitschew taz May 9, 2008
  2. ^ A b Anton Maegerle : The International of Nationalists: Connections of German right-wing extremists - using the example of NPD / JN - to like-minded people in selected Eastern European countries. In: Stephan Braun, Alexander Geisler, Martin Gerster: Strategies of the extreme right. Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-531-15911-9 , p. 461ff. (465f.).
  3. ↑ http://dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/17/046/1704648.pdf
  4. ↑ “The wall will have to disappear. Soviet foreign expert Daschitschew stunned defended in Bonn / Perestroika ” . Die Welt June 9, 1988.
  5. ↑ [1]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.koerber-stiftung.de  
  6. ↑ A short way from left to right , by Andreas Förster, Berliner Zeitung August 5, 2004
  7. ↑ No guest performance for Professor Daschitschew taz May 9, 2008
  8. ^ Review in the FAZ
personal data
SURNAME Dashichev, Vyacheslav Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Дашичев, Вячеслав Иванович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian political scientist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 2016
Place of death Moscow