[In September, the Russian academic Boris Sokolov was fired from his university as well as from a newspaper where he contributed a regular column after writing materials questioning the Russian government’s position on events in Georgia. Our Russia correspondent Grigory Pasko catches up with Sokolov to discuss this and other topics. – Editor] Historian Boris Sokolov: “Not even one great politician…” By Grigory Pasko Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. B. Sokolov – author of more than 50 books on fatherland history and philology, including of the encyclopedias Bulgakov and Gogol, Secrets of the Second world [war], Secrets of the Finnish war, Hundred great wars, Hundred great politicians, Occupation: truth and myth, Russia: Successes of the past century (in co-authorship) and others. I recently had a chance to meet with Boris Vadimovich to discuss topics of modern life in Russia. I offer to your attention my conversation with the professor. Boris Sokolov (photo by Grigory Pasko)