David Vseviov
{{Short description|Estonian historian}}
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David Vseviov (born as David Isaakovich Vseviov on 27 May 1949) is an Estonian historian and pedagogue.{{cite web |title=CV: David Vseviov |url=https://www.etis.ee/CV/David_Vseviov/est |website=www.etis.ee |access-date=3 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=David Vseviov - Biography {{!}} Estonian Literature |url=http://estlit.ee/elis/?cmd=writer&id=5619 |website=estlit.ee |access-date=3 June 2021}}
Career
David Vseviov was 27 born May 1949 in Estonia to Isaac Vseviov and Rezi Vseviova. He speaks both Estonian and Russian fluently and is of Jewish heritage.{{Cite book |last=Vseviov |first=David |title=Aja vaimud: kirjutisi 1996-2009 |date=2009 |publisher=Valgus |isbn=9789985682364 |location=Tallinn |language=et}}
In 1966 he graduated from the Tallinn Secondary School No. 6 (now the Tallinn Central Russian Gymnasium), and in 1971 from the Faculty of History and Linguistics of Tartu State University as a historian and history teacher. Since 1986 he is teaching art history and visual culture at Estonian Academy of Arts (professor).
Since 1997 he has hosted the radio program Müstiline Venemaa ('Mysterious Russia').{{cite web |title=Müstiline Venemaa ERR Audioarhiiv |url=https://arhiiv.err.ee/audio/vaata/mustiline-venemaa-mustiline-venemaa-01 |website=arhiiv.err.ee |access-date= 30 March 2023}}
Married, has three children. His son Jonatan has worked in the Estonian Ministry of Defense and foreign ministry.
Awards
- Estonian Opinion Leader of the Year
- European Parliament's 2016 European Citizen's Prize
- National Culture Award of the Republic of Estonia
- 2001: Order of the White Star, V class.{{cite web |title=Teenetemärkide kavalerid: David Vseviov|url=https://www.president.ee/et/vabariik/teenetemargid/kavaler/3758/david-vseviov |website=www.president.ee |access-date=1 June 2021}}
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Category:20th-century Estonian historians
Category:Estonian radio people
Category:21st-century Estonian historians
Category:Tallinn University alumni
Category:University of Tartu alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Arts
Category:Estonian radio personalities
Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class
Category:20th-century Estonian Jews
Category:21st-century Estonian Jews
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