Sergei Chuyev

Sergei Chuev (Russian: Серге́й Генна́дьевич Чуев; born 1971 in Moscow) is a Russian historian specializing in World War II.

In 1996 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of Culture in the specialty "Bibliography and Library Science", in 2001 - University of the Russian Academy of Education(ru:Университет Российского инновационного образования) majoring in "Civil Law. Jurisprudence". From 1993 to 2003 he served in the Federal Customs Service of Russia. Major of the Customs Service (retired). Author of six books(сo-author of two of them) including Special forces of the Third Reich in two volumes (Russian: Спецслужбы Третьего Рейха), devoted to activities of Nazi German Abwehr intelligence against the USSR. Second volume describes history of the Reich Main Security Office(RSHA) in German-occupied territories including system of camps and the training of collaborationist Russian Liberation Army. The book details the recruitment from among the Soviet citizens, and the formation of parallel Kaminski Brigade (RONA), as well as the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galician", Belarusian auxiliary battalions, the Turkestan Legion, and pro-Nazi sabotage units as well as police.

In his book published in 2006, titled Russian: Украинский легион, Chuev described the treacherous work of Ukrainian nationalists against the Russian Empire. The first evidence of the genocide of the Russian people in Galicia and the planned destruction of all Russian in Western Ukraine in the first decades of the XX century are presented.

A special place in the book is given to the history of Ukrainian collaboration with Nazi Germany including war crimes committed by the Ukrainian nationalists against the Russians in Western Ukraine. Special focus was given to the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) along with the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) and the Ukrainian National Army active in the Soviet Union. Chuyev relied on documents stored in the KGB archives including German administration correspondence, testimonies of participants, and rare photography.

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• Worldcat.org: OCLC. Books by Sergei Chuyev.