Ivan Avakoumovitch

Ivan Avakumović (also spelled Avakumovich; 22 August 1926 – 16 July 2013) was a Canadian historian who was professor emeritus of history at the University of British Columbia.

Biography Avakumović was born on 22 August 1926 in Belgrade, Serbia, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His father was a Yugoslav diplomat. Following the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, his family moved to England. He then attended the University of London where he received an M.A. in History in 1954 before studying at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford where he obtained his PhD in 1958. His writings on politics were influenced by the works of Donald Cameron Watt, Hugh Seton-Watson and E. H. Carr. The Doukhobors, co-authored with George Woodcock. (Oxford University Press, 1968; Toronto; repub McClelland and Stewart, 1977). Mihailović prema nemačkim dokumentima (London; Savez Oslobodjenje, 1969). The Communist Party in Canada: A History (Toronto; McClelland and Stewart, 1975). Socialism in Canada: A Study of the CCF-NDP in Federal and Provincial Politics (Toronto; McClelland and Stewart, 1978). Détruire le PCF: Archives de l'Etat français et de l'occupant hitlérien 1940–1944, co-authored with Roger Bourderon. (Paris; Messidor/Editions sociales, 1988)