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'''Tamara Natanovna Eidelman''' ({{lang-ru|Тамара Натановна Эйдельман}}) is a Russian historian, [[Honorary titles of Russia|Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation]], translator, blogger and an editor for ''[[Russian Life]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.russianlife.com/about/authorsingle/params/Auth/6/Start/1/SrchAmt/10/|title=Tamara Eidelman|magazine=[[Russian Life]]|access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|script-title=ru:Учителя большого города. Тамара Эйдельман|trans-title=Teachers of the big city. Tamara Eidelman|url=http://bg.ru/kids/uchitelya_bolshogo_goroda_tamara_eydelman-11055/|publisher=[[Bolshoy Gorod]]|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=ru:Уроки истории Тамары Эйдельман|trans-title=Tamara Eidelman's history lessons|url=http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/26575812.html|agency=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=September 11, 2014|access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref>
'''Tamara Natanovna Eidelman''' ({{langx|ru|Тамара Натановна Эйдельман}}; born 15 December 1959) is a Russian historian, [[Honorary titles of Russia|Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation]], translator, blogger and an editor for ''[[Russian Life]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.russianlife.com/about/authorsingle/params/Auth/6/Start/1/SrchAmt/10/|title=Tamara Eidelman|magazine=[[Russian Life]]|access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|script-title=ru:Учителя большого города. Тамара Эйдельман|trans-title=Teachers of the big city. Tamara Eidelman|url=http://bg.ru/kids/uchitelya_bolshogo_goroda_tamara_eydelman-11055/|publisher=[[Bolshoy Gorod]]|access-date=February 24, 2015|archive-date=February 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224041128/http://bg.ru/kids/uchitelya_bolshogo_goroda_tamara_eydelman-11055/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=ru:Уроки истории Тамары Эйдельман|trans-title=Tamara Eidelman's history lessons|url=http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/26575812.html|agency=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=September 11, 2014|access-date=February 23, 2015|newspaper=Радио Свобода |last1=Чижова |first1=Любовь }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Early life==
She is a daughter of historian and writer [[Natan Eidelman]]<ref>{{cite news|date=April 7, 2004|script-title=ru:Тамара Эйдельман: «Не каждый учитель удирает из полиции через окошко»|trans-title=Tamara Eidelman, "Not every teacher get away from a police station through a window"|agency=[[Novaya Gazeta]]|issue=34|url=http://www.novayagazeta.ru/society/63045.html|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> and wife of Russian writer, [[archeologist]] and TV presenter [[Peter Aleshkovsky]] and mother of {{ill|Dmitry Aleshkovsky|ru|Алешковский, Дмитрий Петрович}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Митя Алешковский|url=http://snob.ru/profile/27021|website=[[Snob.ru]]|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> She has a [[YouTube]] channel on world history in Russian.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tamara Eidelman's YouTube channel. About the channel |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNYejKoEJ84iGgXPwTBkCCg/about?app=desktop|access-date=2020-06-28|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> She is the head of the History Department in Moscow School #1567,<ref name=":0" /> an author and editor of ''Mozaika kultur'' (Rus. Мозаика культур "Mosaics of Cultures") study guide.<ref name=":0" /> Tamara Eidelman has been teaching since 1981.<ref name=":0" />
Tamara Natanovna Eidelman is a daughter of historian and writer [[Natan Eidelman]]<ref>{{cite news|date=April 7, 2004|script-title=ru:Тамара Эйдельман: «Не каждый учитель удирает из полиции через окошко»|trans-title=Tamara Eidelman, "Not every teacher get away from a police station through a window"|agency=[[Novaya Gazeta]]|issue=34|url=http://www.novayagazeta.ru/society/63045.html|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> and wife of Russian writer, [[archeologist]] and TV presenter [[Peter Aleshkovsky]] and mother of {{ill|Dmitry Aleshkovsky|ru|Алешковский, Дмитрий Петрович}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Митя Алешковский|url=http://snob.ru/profile/27021|website=[[Snob.ru]]|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Teaching and media activities ==
From 1986 to 2021, she worked at school No. 67 in Moscow as a teacher of history and social studies, later as head of the department of history.
Eidelman has been teaching since 1981<ref name=":0" /> and is the head of the History Department in Moscow School #1567.<ref name=":0" /> From 1986 to 2021, she worked at school No. 67 in Moscow as a teacher of history and social studies, later as head of the department of history.


She is author and editor of ''Mozaika kultur'' (Rus. Мозаика культур "Mosaics of Cultures") study guide.<ref name=":0" />
Authored articles on teaching issues published in [[Russian Journal (website)|Russian Journal]], Euroclio Bulletin, School Review; presented [[TEDx]] talks.


She hosted thematic programs “Books of Our Childhood”, “The Subjunctive Mood” and “The Fates of Books” on the radio stations Mayak, Voice of Russia and Radio Russia-Culture.
She has authored articles on teaching issues published in [[Russian Journal (website)|Russian Journal]], Euroclio Bulletin, School Review; presented [[TEDx]] talks. She hosted thematic programs “Books of Our Childhood”, “The Subjunctive Mood” and “The Fates of Books” on the radio stations Mayak, Voice of Russia and Radio Russia-Culture.


Author and lecturer of a series of lectures on history and social science at the {{ill|Direct speech (conference organizer)|ru|Прямая речь (лекторий)}} School.
She is also the author and lecturer of a series of lectures on history and social science at the {{ill|Direct speech (conference organizer)|ru|Прямая речь (лекторий)}} School and the lecturer of a series of children's audio courses on history for Radio [[Arzamas (website)|Arzamas]]. Lecturer of a series of lectures on the history of Russia at the beginning of the 19th century on the InternetUrok.ru platform.


She blogging on the [[Echo of Moscow]] website between 2012 and 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Тамара Эйдельман |url=http://echo.msk.ru/blog/edeilman/ |website=Echo of Moscow|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301231857/http://echo.msk.ru/blog/edeilman/ |archive-date=2022-03-01 }}</ref> and since 2020, she was a columnist for the online edition of [[The Insider (website)|The Insider]].
Author and lecturer of a series of children's audio courses on history for Radio [[Arzamas (website)|Arzamas]].


In October 2019, she created the “History Lessons with Tamara Eidelman” channel on YouTube, where she discusses various historical topics. As of August 2023, the video blog had approximately 1.3 million subscribers, and the total video views have reached 185 million. She has a [[YouTube]] channel on world history in Russian.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tamara Eidelman's YouTube channel. About the channel |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNYejKoEJ84iGgXPwTBkCCg/about?app=desktop |access-date=2020-06-28 |website=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
Lecturer of a series of lectures on the history of Russia at the beginning of the 19th century on the InternetUrok.ru platform.


In April 2021, she presented the author's cycle "Against the Current: A History of Civil Conflicts" at the [[Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center|Yeltsin Center]]. The cycle was dedicated to the peaceful struggle of people for their rights, including the bloodless change of totalitarian power in a number of European countries in the 20th century.
Was blogging on the [[Echo of Moscow]] website between 2012-2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Тамара Эйдельман |url=http://echo.msk.ru/blog/edeilman/ |website=Echo of Moscow|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301231857/http://echo.msk.ru/blog/edeilman/ |archive-date=2022-03-01 }}</ref>


She helped with the translation of the Russian edition of [[The Wolf of Wall Street (book)|The Wolf of Wall Street]] by [[Jordan Belfort]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Волк с Уолл-стрит Белфорт Джордан |url=https://www.ozon.ru/product/volk-s-uoll-strit-belfort-dzhordan-361018647/ |access-date=14 July 2022 |website=ozon.ru}}</ref> and is the author of the book ''How Propaganda Works'' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: ''Как работает Пропаганда).''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-11 |title=How propaganda works, an interview with Tamara Eidelman |url=https://neweasterneurope.eu/2018/12/11/propaganda-works-interview-tamara-eidelman/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=New Eastern Europe - A bimonthly news magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern European affairs |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In October 2019, she created the “History Lessons with Tamara Eidelman” channel on YouTube, where she discusses various historical topics. As of March 2022, the video blog had more than 500 thousand subscribers, and the total video views have reached 35 million.


==Political views and activism==
Since 2020, she was a columnist for the online edition of [[The Insider (website)|The Insider]].
In 2014, she criticised Russian politicians for their military intervention in [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29202789|title=Traitors in Vladimir Putin's Russia|author=Steven Rosenberg|place=Moscow|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=September 15, 2014|access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-crimea-patriotism-classrooms-history/25327022.html|title=In The Wake Of Crimea Annexation, Patriotism Reigns In Russian Classrooms|agency=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=April 9, 2014|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> On March 2, 2014, she and her daughter took part in an anti-war picket in front of the Ministry of Defence in Moscow. They were detained and brought to Meshchanskoe police station with more than 15 other protesters, where they were held for longer than the legally permitted three hours. Later she told journalists, that she and her daughter escaped through the window.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Masuck, E.
|language = ru
|url =https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2014/04/07/59071-tamara-eydelman-171-ne-kazhdyy-uchitel-udiraet-iz-politsii-cherez-okoshko-187
|title =Тамара ЭЙДЕЛЬМАН: "Не каждый учитель удирает из полиции через окошко"
|trans-title=Tamara Eidelman: "Not every teacher escapes from the police through a window"
|publisher = Novaya Gazeta
|date = 2014-04-07
|accessdate = 2023-02-27}}</ref>


On August 31, 2014, she criticized Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] for disregarding the rule of law.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/russians-get-creative-ukraine-protests-despite-danger-n189306|title=Russians Get Creative With Ukraine Protests Despite Danger|author=Albina Kovalyova|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=August 31, 2014|access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref>
In April 2021, she presented the author's cycle "Against the Current: A History of Civil Conflicts" at the [[Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center|Yeltsin Center]]. The cycle was dedicated to the peaceful struggle of people for their rights, including the bloodless change of totalitarian power in a number of European countries in the 20th century.


In April 2021, Eidelman wrote an open letter asking the Moscow office of [[Médecins Sans Frontières|Doctors Without Borders]] to help politician [[Alexei Navalny]], then imprisoned in a [[Corrective colony No. 2, Vladimir Oblast|penal colony in Pokrov]]. The letter was signed by approximately two thousand people.<ref>{{cite web
As of 2022, she lived in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |last=nikoladze |first=Tatia |date=2022-09-08 |title=Russian journalist-activist Mitya Aleshkovsky not allowed into Georgia |url=https://jam-news.net/russian-activist-and-journalist-mitya-aleshkovsky-not-allowed-into-georgia/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=English Jamnews |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|language = ru
==Political views and activism==
|url =https://meduza.io/news/2021/04/19/my-prosim-vas-vmeshatsya-v-etu-uzhasayuschuyu-situatsiyu-pochti-2000-chelovek-podpisali-obraschenie-k-vracham-bez-granits-s-prosboy-pomoch-navalnomu
In 2014, she criticized Russian politicians for their military intervention in [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29202789|title=Traitors in Vladimir Putin's Russia|author=Steven Rosenberg|place=Moscow|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=September 15, 2014|access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-crimea-patriotism-classrooms-history/25327022.html|title=In The Wake Of Crimea Annexation, Patriotism Reigns In Russian Classrooms|agency=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=April 9, 2014|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> On August 31 of the same year, she criticized Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] for disregarding the rule of law.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/russians-get-creative-ukraine-protests-despite-danger-n189306|title=Russians Get Creative With Ukraine Protests Despite Danger|author=Albina Kovalyova|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=August 31, 2014|access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref>
|title =«Мы просим вас вмешаться в эту ужасающую ситуацию». Почти 2000 человек подписали обращение к «Врачам без границ» с просьбой помочь Навальному
|publisher = Meduza
|trans-title ="We ask you to intervene in this appalling situation". Nearly 2,000 people signed an appeal to Doctors Without Borders to help Navalny
|date = 2021-04-19
|accessdate = 2023-02-27}}</ref>


On April 26, 2021, Eidelman was detained by police, as stated, 'to investigate the violation of procedures for holding a [public] meeting'. The remand was allegedly connected with a demonstration in support of Alexei Navalny on 21 April, but Eidelman was not connected to the organizers.<ref>{{cite web
In April 2021, Eidelman wrote an open letter asking the Moscow office of [[Médecins Sans Frontières|Doctors Without Borders]] to help politician [[Alexei Navalny]], then imprisoned in a [[Corrective colony No. 2, Vladimir Oblast|penal colony in Pokrov]]. The letter was signed by approximately two thousand people. Later, Eidelman was called to the police in connection with a social network post.{{citation needed|date=July 2022|reason=Unclear why Eidelman was called to the police and how its related to the letter.}}
|author=Morozova, O., Bzegezhev, A.
|language = ru
|url =https://snob.ru/news/zasluzhennogo-uchitelya-rossii-tamaru-ejdelman-vyzvali-v-policiyu-iz-za-posta-v-fejsbuke/
|title =Заслуженного учителя России Тамару Эйдельман вызвали в полицию из-за поста в фейсбуке
|trans-title =Russian teacher emeritus Tamara Eidelman called to police over Facebook post
|publisher = Snob
|date = 2021-04-23
|accessdate = 2023-02-27}}</ref>


In 2022, she condemned the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], and left the country.<ref>{{cite web
==Published works==
|author=Eggert, K.
{{Incomplete list|date=July 2022}}
|language = ru
|url =https://www.dw.com/ru/tamara-ejdelman-a-ne-vizu-variantov-pri-kotoryh-rossia-pobedit/a-63681459
|title =Тамара Эйдельман: Я не вижу вариантов, когда РФ победит
|trans-title=Tamara Eidelman: I see no chance for Russia to win
|publisher = Deutshce Welle
|date = 2022-11-10
|accessdate = 2023-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|language = ru
|url =https://www.rbc.ru/politics/09/09/2022/631b838b9a7947b86b4a4d22
|title =Минюст внес в реестр иноагентов Латынину, Эйдельман и Майкла Наки
|trans-title=Ministry of Justice Adds Latynina, Eidelman and Michael Naki to Registry of Foreign Agents
|publisher = RBC
|date =2022-09-09
|accessdate = 2023-02-27}}</ref>


===As translator===
== Personal life ==
As of 2022, she has been living in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |last=nikoladze |first=Tatia |date=2022-09-08 |title=Russian journalist-activist Mitya Aleshkovsky not allowed into Georgia |url=https://jam-news.net/russian-activist-and-journalist-mitya-aleshkovsky-not-allowed-into-georgia/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=English Jamnews |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Russian edition of [[The Wolf of Wall Street (book)|The Wolf of Wall Street]] by [[Jordan Belfort]] (as part of the team).<ref>{{cite web|title=Волк с Уолл-стрит Белфорт Джордан|url=https://www.ozon.ru/product/volk-s-uoll-strit-belfort-dzhordan-361018647/|website=ozon.ru|access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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*[http://echo.msk.ru/blog/edeilman/ Blog of Tamara Eidelman] on [[Echo of Moscow]] website
*[http://echo.msk.ru/blog/edeilman/ Blog of Tamara Eidelman] on [[Echo of Moscow]] website
*Tamara Eidelman's YouTube [https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCNYejKoEJ84iGgXPwTBkCCg/about channel]. World History topics presentations.
*Tamara Eidelman's YouTube [https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCNYejKoEJ84iGgXPwTBkCCg/about channel]. World History topics presentations.
*[https://openrussia.org/post/view/961/ Тамара Эйдельман: «Вы дустом не пробовал] at openrussia.org
*[https://openrussia.org/post/view/961/ Тамара Эйдельман: «Вы дустом не пробовал] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224042144/https://openrussia.org/post/view/961/ |date=2015-02-24 }} at openrussia.org
*[https://openrussia.org/post/view/961/ и?»] interview with Tamara Eidelman about education in modern Russia at openrussia.org
*[https://openrussia.org/post/view/961/ и?»] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224042144/https://openrussia.org/post/view/961/ |date=2015-02-24 }} interview with Tamara Eidelman about education in modern Russia at openrussia.org


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Latest revision as of 14:01, 31 October 2024

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Natanovna and the family name is Eidelman.
Tamara Eidelman
Eidelman in 2021
Eidelman in 2021
Native name
Тамара Натановна Эйдельман
BornTamara Natanovna Eidelman
(1959-12-15) December 15, 1959 (age 64)
Moscow, USSR
Occupation
LanguageRussian
Alma materMoscow State University
(Faculty of History, 1981)
Period1986—present
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectHistory
Notable awardsHonored Teacher of the Russian Federation
SpousePeter Aleshkovsky
ChildrenDmitry Aleshkovsky [ru]
RelativesNatan Eidelman (father)
Yakov Eidelman [ru] (grandfather)

Tamara Natanovna Eidelman (Russian: Тамара Натановна Эйдельман; born 15 December 1959) is a Russian historian, Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation, translator, blogger and an editor for Russian Life.[1][2][3]

Early life

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Tamara Natanovna Eidelman is a daughter of historian and writer Natan Eidelman[4] and wife of Russian writer, archeologist and TV presenter Peter Aleshkovsky and mother of Dmitry Aleshkovsky [ru].[5]

Career

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Eidelman has been teaching since 1981[2] and is the head of the History Department in Moscow School #1567.[2] From 1986 to 2021, she worked at school No. 67 in Moscow as a teacher of history and social studies, later as head of the department of history.

She is author and editor of Mozaika kultur (Rus. Мозаика культур "Mosaics of Cultures") study guide.[2]

She has authored articles on teaching issues published in Russian Journal, Euroclio Bulletin, School Review; presented TEDx talks. She hosted thematic programs “Books of Our Childhood”, “The Subjunctive Mood” and “The Fates of Books” on the radio stations Mayak, Voice of Russia and Radio Russia-Culture.

She is also the author and lecturer of a series of lectures on history and social science at the Direct speech (conference organizer) [ru] School and the lecturer of a series of children's audio courses on history for Radio Arzamas. Lecturer of a series of lectures on the history of Russia at the beginning of the 19th century on the InternetUrok.ru platform.

She blogging on the Echo of Moscow website between 2012 and 2022[6] and since 2020, she was a columnist for the online edition of The Insider.

In October 2019, she created the “History Lessons with Tamara Eidelman” channel on YouTube, where she discusses various historical topics. As of August 2023, the video blog had approximately 1.3 million subscribers, and the total video views have reached 185 million. She has a YouTube channel on world history in Russian.[7]

In April 2021, she presented the author's cycle "Against the Current: A History of Civil Conflicts" at the Yeltsin Center. The cycle was dedicated to the peaceful struggle of people for their rights, including the bloodless change of totalitarian power in a number of European countries in the 20th century.

She helped with the translation of the Russian edition of The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort[8] and is the author of the book How Propaganda Works (Russian: Как работает Пропаганда).[9]

Political views and activism

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In 2014, she criticised Russian politicians for their military intervention in Ukraine.[10] 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.[11] On March 2, 2014, she and her daughter took part in an anti-war picket in front of the Ministry of Defence in Moscow. They were detained and brought to Meshchanskoe police station with more than 15 other protesters, where they were held for longer than the legally permitted three hours. Later she told journalists, that she and her daughter escaped through the window.[12]

On August 31, 2014, she criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for disregarding the rule of law.[13]

In April 2021, Eidelman wrote an open letter asking the Moscow office of Doctors Without Borders to help politician Alexei Navalny, then imprisoned in a penal colony in Pokrov. The letter was signed by approximately two thousand people.[14]

On April 26, 2021, Eidelman was detained by police, as stated, 'to investigate the violation of procedures for holding a [public] meeting'. The remand was allegedly connected with a demonstration in support of Alexei Navalny on 21 April, but Eidelman was not connected to the organizers.[15]

In 2022, she condemned the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, and left the country.[16][17]

Personal life

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As of 2022, she has been living in Germany.[18]

References

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  1. ^ "Tamara Eidelman". Russian Life. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Учителя большого города. Тамара Эйдельман [Teachers of the big city. Tamara Eidelman]. Bolshoy Gorod. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Чижова, Любовь (September 11, 2014). Уроки истории Тамары Эйдельман [Tamara Eidelman's history lessons]. Радио Свобода. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  4. ^ Тамара Эйдельман: «Не каждый учитель удирает из полиции через окошко» [Tamara Eidelman, "Not every teacher get away from a police station through a window"]. No. 34. Novaya Gazeta. April 7, 2004. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "Митя Алешковский". Snob.ru. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  6. ^ "Тамара Эйдельман". Echo of Moscow. Archived from the original on 2022-03-01.
  7. ^ "Tamara Eidelman's YouTube channel. About the channel". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  8. ^ "Волк с Уолл-стрит Белфорт Джордан". ozon.ru. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  9. ^ "How propaganda works, an interview with Tamara Eidelman". New Eastern Europe - A bimonthly news magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern European affairs. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  10. ^ Steven Rosenberg (September 15, 2014). "Traitors in Vladimir Putin's Russia". Moscow: BBC News. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  11. ^ "In The Wake Of Crimea Annexation, Patriotism Reigns In Russian Classrooms". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. April 9, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  12. ^ Masuck, E. (2014-04-07). "Тамара ЭЙДЕЛЬМАН: "Не каждый учитель удирает из полиции через окошко"" [Tamara Eidelman: "Not every teacher escapes from the police through a window"] (in Russian). Novaya Gazeta. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  13. ^ Albina Kovalyova (August 31, 2014). "Russians Get Creative With Ukraine Protests Despite Danger". NBC News. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  14. ^ "«Мы просим вас вмешаться в эту ужасающую ситуацию». Почти 2000 человек подписали обращение к «Врачам без границ» с просьбой помочь Навальному" ["We ask you to intervene in this appalling situation". Nearly 2,000 people signed an appeal to Doctors Without Borders to help Navalny] (in Russian). Meduza. 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  15. ^ Morozova, O., Bzegezhev, A. (2021-04-23). "Заслуженного учителя России Тамару Эйдельман вызвали в полицию из-за поста в фейсбуке" [Russian teacher emeritus Tamara Eidelman called to police over Facebook post] (in Russian). Snob. Retrieved 2023-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Eggert, K. (2022-11-10). "Тамара Эйдельман: Я не вижу вариантов, когда РФ победит" [Tamara Eidelman: I see no chance for Russia to win] (in Russian). Deutshce Welle. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  17. ^ "Минюст внес в реестр иноагентов Латынину, Эйдельман и Майкла Наки" [Ministry of Justice Adds Latynina, Eidelman and Michael Naki to Registry of Foreign Agents] (in Russian). RBC. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  18. ^ nikoladze, Tatia (2022-09-08). "Russian journalist-activist Mitya Aleshkovsky not allowed into Georgia". English Jamnews. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
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