Alexei Ilyich Miller (; born 4 September 1959) is employed in the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences,Миллер Алексей Ильич the European University at Saint PetersburgАлексей Ильич Миллер and the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.Миллер Алексей Ильич He is also a member of the Russian governmental institution Council for Foreign and Defense PolicyМиллер Алексей Ильич. (otherwise, known as the Valdai Discussion ClubAlexei Miller).
Research and Politics
Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Miller used to lecture and do research at Central European University (2012–14)Search Alexei Miller. and in the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (2001). Alexei Miller. However, already following the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, Miller began supporting the Kremlin's imperialism by claiming that the Ukrainian nation does not exist.See: "не будем говорить про украинскую нацию, потому что таковой пока не существует" [We will not talk about the Ukrainian nation, because such a nation does not exist, thus far]. Miller in: Сергей Корзун. 2014. Без дураков: в гостях: Алексей Миллер доктор исторических наук. Эхо Москвы. 12 Apr.
At present, Miller is an important supporter of the war and the Russian president. The scholar uses history for justifying the Kremlin's full-scale attack on Ukraine.Алексей Миллер. 2023. Новейшая история: краткий курс Исторический нарратив Владимира Путина в 2019–2022 годах. Россия в глобальной политике. No. 2, Mar-Apr. For instance, he proposes that Vladimir Putin's 'speech of 21 February 2022, which heralded the beginning of a special military operation in Ukraine, marked the transition from [Russian] debates about history to practical actions to change its course.'Алексей Миллер. 2023. Новейшая история: краткий курс Исторический нарратив Владимира Путина в 2019–2022 годах. Россия в глобальной политике. No. 2, Mar-Apr.
In 2024, the Russian Academy of Sciences published Miller's anthology Украинский вопрос и политика идентичности [The Ukrainian Question and Identity Politics].Украинский вопрос и политика идентичности [The Ukrainian Question and Identity Politics]. 2024. Moscow: ИНИОН РАН. It was widely discussed, notably, without the participation of any Ukrainian or foreign scholars. The work is now seen as the officially obtaining Russian view of Ukrainian history.«Мы живём в неоконченной истории»: презентация книги Алексея Миллера в ИРИИ.Презентация книги Алексея Миллера "Украинский вопрос и политика идентичности".
Selected books and publications (2003) The Ukrainian Question: The Russian Empire and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century (Central European University Press) (2008) The Romanov Empire and Nationalism: Essays in the Methodology of Historical Research (Central European University Press)
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