PHJ № 2 (50) 2026 — L. V. Klimovich. HISTORIAN NIKOLAI IVANOVICH ULYANOV — LIFE AS AN “ADVENTURE NOVEL”. BOOK REVIEW: BAZANOV P. N. PROTECTION OF THE UNITY OF RUSSIA: THE LIFE AND WORK OF HISTORIAN NIKOLAI ULYANOV. ST. PETERSBURG: ROSTOCK PUBL., 2025. 688 P.
The reviewed book is a documentary investigation of the biography of Nikolai Ivanovich Ulyanov, a prominent representative of the Russian emigration of the second wave, a historian, cultural critic, and public figure. Drawing upon a plethora of unpublished sources, the eminent specialist in the history of the Russian diaspora, P. N. Bazanov, chronicles the life of his subject, who was born in the Russian Empire, was apprehended and incarcerated in the USSR, twice escaped from German captivity, was abducted by the Nazis to work in Germany, was designated a “displaced person”, and subsequently became a prominent researcher on the history of Russia, issues of state integrity, and problems of Ukrainian separatism. The review concludes that the book has indisputable advantages, namely reliability, maximum objectivity, consistency, correctness of presentation and conclusions drawn from a wide range of sources and research literature.