Yevgeny Ponasenkov

Yevgeny Nikolayevich Ponasenkov (Russian: Евгений Николаевич Понасенков; born March 13, 1982, Moscow, Russia) is a Russian self-proclaimed historian,[1] political writer, journalist, theater director, television host, actor and singer.[2][3] He was a member of the public organization Russian Academy of Sciences and Arts[4] (fringe organization, liquidated in 2018;[5] not to be confused with the Russian Academy of Sciences). He is the author of works on the Napoleonic Wars (especially book The first scientific history of the War of 1812).[6][7][8] Ponasenkov is an organizer of cultural events.[9]

Yevgeny Ponasenkov
Born
Yevgeny Nikolayevich Ponasenkov

(1982-03-13) 13 March 1982
Moscow
Occupationself-proclaimed historian, political writer, journalist, theater director, television host, actor and singer
Years active2004–present

Biography

Born March 13, 1982 in Moscow, in the family of a military doctor, his mother worked as an engineer.[10]

Early life

In 1999–2004 he studied history at Moscow State University (by his own words did not graduate[11]), specializing in the history of the Napoleonic Wars, under guidance from Elena Fedosova.

Career

He makes presentations at scientific conferences. He and wrote a book about the Patriotic War of 1812. Due to a scheduling conflict, he did not defend his diploma at the university; therefore it was not issued.

Plácido Domingo and Ponasenkov in Moscow, 2009

Since 2004, he regularly gives concerts as a singer (tenor), and as a reader of poetry and prose. In addition, he participates in concerts as a host and a presenter.

The views of Ponasenkov on the Patriotic War of 1812 were almost unanimously rejected by the Russian scientific community.[1]

He is starred in Boris Godunov and Shadowboxing 3: Last Round (2011).

In 2018, Ponasenkov got the popular Russian mocking award VRAL, presented "for outstanding contribution to the development and dissemination of pseudoscience". While working on the award, the organizers were faced with attacks by bots and trolls.[12]

References
  1. Girin, Nikita (9 October 2019). "Заляг на дно и не пиши, сученыш". Novaya Gazeta (in Russian).
  2. "Евгений Понасенков ушёл из эфира".
  3. Полная запись эфира КП
  4. Yevgeny Ponasenkov (Who’s Who. Russian Edition)
  6. Агронов, Лев Игоревич. Постсоветская российская историография отечественной войны 1812 года : диссертация кандидата исторических наук : 07.00.09. — М., 2007. — 205 с.
  7. Дырышева И. Г. «Патриотизм дворянства в Отечественной войне 1812 года»: автореферат дис. … кандидата исторических наук : 07.00.02 / Дырышева Ирина Геннадьевна; [Место защиты: Сев.-Зап. акад. гос. службы]. — СПб., 2007. — С. 10.
  8. Гори, гори, моя Москва! // Kommersant
  9. Yevgeny Ponasenkov at IMDb
  10. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2291017
  11. Секреты истфака МГУ и диплом Евгения Понасенкова (Отрывок из 24-й серии авторского цикла Евгения Понасенкова «Драматургия истории» на телеканале «Ваше общественное телевидение!») // Канал здравого смысла: официальный блог Евгения Понасенкова на YouTube.
  12. Марков С., Яцутко Д. Лженаука ощетинилась спецсредствами // «XXII век — открытия, ожидания, угрозы», 09.11.2018
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