Anatoly Pavlovich Shikman (; born March 12, 1948) is a Russian historian and writer, and a former teacher of Moscow School No. 45. He is one of the authors of "Book: Encyclopedia" and "Moscow Encyclopedia".
Biography Shikman was born in Moscow in the family of an American-born Jew Pavel (Paul) Morisovich Shikman. His grandfather, who was born in Poland, emigrated with his wife in 1913 to Canada, then to the USA, and then, in 1931, along with his children, Paul and Norma, to the USSR.Anatoly Shikman. Almost family story// Neprikosnovenny zapas. — 2000. — № 6(14)
After graduating from eight classes, he went to work: he was a driver, a loader, a librarian, worked in the theater. At the same time, he studied at evening school. After serving in the Navy, he entered the Faculty of History of the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after V.I. Lenin, which he graduated in 1975. Shikman frequently changing jobs: he taught history and art history and worked as a senior researcher at the Russian State Archive of Ancient Documents. In addition to his various jobs, in 1981 Shikman began publishing articles and books on remarkable Russians, the history of Moscow, culture, pedagogy and bibliography.Among them: Freethinker Fedor Krechetov// Literary Russia.1981. April 24.
In 1986, Leonid Isidorovich Milgram, the prominent director of director of the Moscow gymnasium No. 45, offered Shikman a job. Milgram who managed to create a spirit of freedom in the school, and he fostered respect towards both student and teachers. Two years later, in 1988, he wrote his first essay on classified historical archives (Absolutely unclassified // Soviet bibliography. - 1988. - No. 6. - P. 3-12.), which laid the foundation for a number of fundamental works on the history of Soviet censorship.Mahotina N.V// Library Censorship in Russia: Towards a Historiography of the Question// Bibliosfera. — 2010. — № 1. — P. 61—64.Zelenov M.V. The apparatus of the CK RKP(b)-VKP(b), censorship and historical science in the 1920s. — Nizniy Novgorod. — 2000. — P. 46, 58. In 1997, his fundamental biographical reference book “Figures of Russian History” was published.
In 2008, he left teaching for health reasons and he is presently engaged in research and literary work.
In 2016, he emigrated to his ancestral homeland, the United States.Shikman Anatoly. «Too Early Requiem» Nezavisimaya gazeta, — 24.01.2019.
Books by Shikman 7 Kirov Street, published by "Moscow Worker" as part of the series "Biography of the Moscow House" (1989). Obelisk in the Alexander Gardens - Lives of the Great Socialists, published by "Enlightenment" (1990). // This high school text book compiled a series of essays dedicated to the thinkers and revolutionaries whose names were carved in the obelisk that stands in the Alexander Gardens, near the walls of the Kremlin. Figures of National History, published by AST-Ltd (1997) The Opening of History, published by "Moscow Lyceum" (2000) // The book provides answers to basic questions about the development of historical science in the form of a story. History of Russia. Biography Dictionary for Schools, a dictionary intended for history teachers and students, published by Moscow Publishers-Press (2001) Who's Who in Russian History, a biographical dictionary, including over 700 articles about prominent Russian figures, published by "Vagrius" (2003)Shikman A.P. `Kto est' kto v rossijskoj istorii: bibliograficheskij slovar'ʹ. Moskva: Vagrius, 2003. WorldCat Summary of the Time. Works and the Days of Alexander Ratner” (compiled by Abram Reytblat and Anatoly Shikman) (Konspekt vremeni: trudy i dni Aleksandra Ratnera), a book devoted to the life and work of historian Alexander Ratner, published by "New Literary Review" (2007)Ratner, Aleksandr, A. I. Reĭtblat, and A. P. Shikman. Konspekt vremeni: trudy i dni Aleksandra Ratnera. Moskva: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, 2007.WorldCatEarlier Shikman's articles devoted to A.V. Ratner: In the context of time and environment: In memory of A. V. Ratner // Soviet bibliography. — 1992. — № 2. — P. 123—134; The servant of the inner duty//Bibliography. — 1998. — № 1. — P. 127—132; Alexander Vladimirovich Ratner — first researcher OPK// Sovjet Society of Political Prisoners and Exiled Settlers. Education, development, liquidation. 1921—1935. Materials of the international scientific conference . — М., 2004. — P. 18—22. Nikolay Morozov. Hoax in the length of the century. — М.: Ves' Mir, 2016. — p288. — . What was remembered. M-Graphics Publishing. Boston. 2022. Khrabrovitsky A.V. Essay on my life. A diary. Meetings / Introductory article, drafting preparation of the text and comments A.P.Shikman. — М.: NLO, 2012.— p384
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External links Сайт московской гимназии № 45. Шикман Анатолий Павлович Анатолий Шикман. Почти семейная история // Неприкосновенный запас. — 2000. — № 6(14). Научно-просветительский журнал «Скепсис». Анатолий Шикман