Tamara Eidelman

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Natanovna and the family name is Eidelman.

Tamara Natanovna Eidelman (Russian: Тамара Натановна Эйдельман) is a Russian historian, honored teacher of Russia, translator, blogger and an editor for Russian Life.[1][2][3] She is a daughter of historian and writer Natan Eidelman[4] and wife of Russian writer, archeologist and TV presenter Peter Aleshkovsky and mother of Russian photographer Dmitry Aleshkovsky.[5][6]

In 2014 she criticized Russian politicians for their military intervention in Ukraine.[7] On April 9 she said that she would like to teach patriotism in her classes but only if she can do it her way, referring to mass deportation of Crimean Tatars in World War II which according to her is still not a part of curriculum.[8] On August 31 of the same year she criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for disregarding of rule of law.[9]

She translated into Russian the book The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort.[10]

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