Victor Suvorov

Victor Suvorov (Âè́êòîð Ñóâî́ðîâ; real name Vladimir Rezun : Âëàäè́ìèð Áîãäà́íîâè÷ Ðåçó́í) (born April 20, 1947) was a Soviet spy of Ukrainian nationality who had been working for GRU, then defected to Britain in 1978, where worked as an intelligence analyst and lecturer.

Suvorov claims his pseudonym was his army nickname, which actually intended to mean "smart-ass" (Aleksandr Suvorov was a famed Russian military commander of the 18th century).

He wrote a number of books about Stalin times, some of them are fictional, but several of them are deliberately historical, although written in a polemic, popular-science style, driving professional historians mad. The first one on the topic was Icebreaker, followed by several others. The books are about the history of World War II. The books are based on pieces of officially written memoires and documents of the Soviets. Suvorov's most significant claim was that Stalin had been preparing a great invasion of the whole of Nazi-occupied Europe, set to begin in July 1941 (most probably on July 6). The planned date followed Nazi invasion only about 2 weeks.

The idea about Stalin's preparations to strike was proposed earlier by dissident Pyotr Grigorenko. Suvorov evolved it in further detail and worked to substantiate it.

Suvorov's theory has both fans and opponents and was subject of flamed discussion, partly thanks to its political implications. Opinions differ among both neonazis and patriots of the former Soviet Union.

In his reply to patriots, Suvorov states his moral position as follows. The traditional theory of the outbreak of the German invasion of the Soviet Union portrays the Soviet Union, its army and its management as incapable, and this is hardly a partiotic position.

The most noted opposition to Suvorov is Israeli historian Gabriel Gorodetsky , and Russian generals Makhmut Gareyev and Dmitry Volkogonov . The opposition is claiming that Suvorov didn't complete his analysis of the disastrous beginning of the war. This group claims that, while Suvorov is correct in discerning true plans of Stalin and exposing the huge hardware potential of the Soviet military machine, they insist that Suvorov unreasonably dismissed the traditional arguments about problems claimed to plague the Red Army—supposedly poor leadership and low morale. The majority of their arguments were answered by Suvorov in his later books. However the dispute is not over. Some authors respond to Suvorov in Suvorov's own picky and nasty style. There are also a number of parodies on Suvorov's writings, e.g., the "proof" of the development of a jumping tank by the Soviets, as an additional "proof" of Stalin's aggressive plans.

Suvorov's theories agree with some statements of the former Prime Minister of Estonia Mart Laar . On August 20, 2004 he published an article in Wall Street Journal titled When Will Russia Say 'Sorry'?. In this article he said: The new evidence shows that by encouraging Hitler to start World War II, Stalin hoped to simultaneously ignite a world-wide revolution and conquer all of Europe. Suvorov's name was not mentioned.

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