Klim Zhukov
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- Saint Petersburg State Institute of History
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| Born | March 29, 1977 |
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| Occupation | Writer, historian, video blogger, military historian, science fiction writer |
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Klim Zhukov (Russian: Клим Александрович Жуков; born 1977, in Leningrad) is a Russian author, vlogger, and historical reenactor.[1][2] He is a medievalist historian and science fiction author.[3][4] He is also involved in historical reenactment.[5] He is a bestselling author.[6] In a survey conducted in 2019, he entered the top 10 trust rating in the Russian Internet.[7][8][9] He collaborates with Dmitry Puchkov.[10]
He was named after Kliment Voroshilov.[11]
He graduated from the Faculty of History at Saint Petersburg State University in 1999.[12][13][14] He also was a postgraduate student, but did not complete his dissertation.[9] His dissertation advisor was Anatoly Kirpichnikov.[15] Zhukov is listed as a student of Professor Kirpichnikov.[16]
From 1999 to 2008, he worked at the Hermitage Museum.[13][17]
He taught at the Russian Christian Humanitarian Academy.[13]
Since 2002 he has been working in the film industry.[18] He consulted on the film Alexander.[10][unreliable source?]
He has published a number of books. As a science-fiction writer he made his debut in 2010 with the Fantastique novel "Soldier of the Emperor" (published by Eksmo;[19][20] republished in 2022[21]).[22][23] His next book was published by AST.[24] He is a co-author with Alexander Zorich.[25] Their books have been reviewed in the Mir Fantastiki.[26][27]
He lives in Saint Petersburg.[1]
He was criticized by Professor Vadim Dolgov.[28]