Mikhail Suprun

Mikhail Suprun (; born 5 April 1955 in Severodvinsk) is a Russian historian and professor of the Pomor State named after M. V. Lomonosov, now Northern (Arctic) Federal University. In 2009, he was arrested in connection with a book he wrote on what Open Democracy has called a "trumped up charge". This has been dubbed the "Arkhangelsk Affair". Suprun is accused of infringing Article 137 of the Russian Criminal Code, which prohibits the exposing of "personal or family secrets" of victims of Soviet repression if their consent has not been given. Police Colonel Alexander Dudarev, head of the Internal Ministry archives of the Arkhangelsk Region, is also being prosecuted for giving Suprun permission to access the archives in order to do his research.

Trial In September 2011, the trial of Suprun and Dudarev began behind closed doors. The case was adjourned in December before a verdict was given, according to the charity Memorial in order to avoid negative publicity before Russia's parliamentary elections.

Works "Архангельск в годы Великой Отечественной войны". Ленинград, 1984 "Политическая ссылка на Европейском Севере в конце 19 - начале 20 вв. Выпуск 1. 1895-1905 гг. Вологда, 1989 (co-author С.Я.Косухкин) "Люфтваффе под Полярной Звездой". Архангельск, 1996 (co-author Р.И.Ларинцев) "Ленд-лиз и северные конвои, 1941-1945 гг." М., 1997. "Освобождение Восточного Финнмарка, 1944 - 1945 гг." (co-author А. and В. Гёртер). "Frigjoringen I Nord-Norge 1944-1945". Vadso, 2015 (co-author А. and W. Gorter).