Grigory Bondarevsky

Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky (25 January 1920 – 7 August 2003) was a Russian academician, writer, historian, Indologist and a professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the erstwhile Soviet Union. He was the author of 27 books and over 300 articles, majority of them covering Asian topics. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri in 2000.

Biography Bondarevsky was born in Odessa, in the former Soviet Union (presently in Ukraine) on 25 January 1920 in a Jewish family and did his college studies in Moscow State University from where he graduated in history in 1940, followed by a master's degree in 1941. where the American-British-Soviet coalition was cemented. Retiring from the Army in 1945, he joined the Political People's Commissariat of Uzbekistan as its Chief, de facto Deputy Foreign Minister, a post he held till 1951. He also completed his research on Berlin-to-Baghdad railway to secure a doctoral degree. He was also credited with the founding of the department of international relations. He owned a 7000 volume library and published 27 books and over 300 articles, covering political topics related to Central and South Asia, Caucasian region, the Persian Gulf, the Near and Middle East. After conferring him with the Jawaharlal Nehru International Award, the Government of India honoured him again, in 2000, with the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri.

Bondarevsky, a member of the Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet government, was murdered on 7 August 2003 at his Moscow apartment, death resulting from the injuries sustained from heavy blows to his head. The alleged killer was soon apprehended but was acquitted later, after trial.