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I am Vladimir Shirogorov, PhD, an independent historian based in Lecco, Italy. I study Early Modern to Current History, with emphasis on military history, strategic cultures, geopolitics, and historical sociology. I am a member of the US Society for Military History and Società Italiana di Storia Militare. My current work includes contract research and publications such as 'Strategies of Ukrainian War, 1500–1800' (Pen and Sword, 2025, in press). I maintain English- and Russian-language channels (YouTube and Telegram) on war, strategy, and geopolitics, and I have published across journals like Nuova Antologia Militare and edited volumes.…I am Vladimir Shirogorov, PhD, an independent historian based in Lecco, Italy. I study Early Modern to Current History, with emphasis on military history, strategic cultures, geopolitics, and historical sociology. I am a member of the US Society for Military History and Società Italiana di Storia Militare. My current work includes contract research and publications such as 'Strategies of Ukrainian War, 1500–1800' (Pen and Sword, 2025, in press). I maintain English- and Russian-language channels (YouTube and Telegram) on war, strategy, and geopolitics, and I have published across journals like Nuova Antologia Militare and edited volumes.

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I am Vladimir Shirogorov, PhD, an independent historian based in Lecco, Italy. I study Early Modern to Current History, with emphasis on military history, strategic cultures, geopolitics, and historical sociology. I am a member of the US Society for Military History and Società Italiana di Storia Militare. My current work includes contract research and publications such as 'Strategies of Ukrainian War, 1500–1800' (Pen and Sword, 2025, in press). I maintain English- and Russian-language channels (YouTube and Telegram) on war, strategy, and geopolitics, and I have published across journals like Nuova Antologia Militare and edited volumes.…I am Vladimir Shirogorov, PhD, an independent historian based in Lecco, Italy. I study Early Modern to Current History, with emphasis on military history, strategic cultures, geopolitics, and historical sociology. I am a member of the US Society for Military History and Società Italiana di Storia Militare. My current work includes contract research and publications such as 'Strategies of Ukrainian War, 1500–1800' (Pen and Sword, 2025, in press). I maintain English- and Russian-language channels (YouTube and Telegram) on war, strategy, and geopolitics, and I have published across journals like Nuova Antologia Militare and edited volumes.

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I am Vladimir Shirogorov, PhD, an independent historian based in Lecco, Italy. I study Early Modern to Current History, with emphasis on military history, strategic cultures, geopolitics, and historical sociology. I am a member of the US Society for Military History and Società Italiana di Storia Militare.

My current work includes contract research and publications such as ‘Strategies of Ukrainian War, 1500–1800’ (Pen and Sword, 2025, in press). I maintain English- and Russian-language channels (YouTube and Telegram) on war, strategy, and geopolitics, and I have published across journals like Nuova Antologia Militare and edited volumes.

Skills

Copywriting

Infographic

Presentation Design

Experience Level

Copywriting

Expert

Infographic

Intermediate

Presentation Design

Intermediate

Language

Russian

Fluent

English

Fluent

French

Intermediate

Italian

Intermediate

Polish

Intermediate

Turkish

Intermediate

Ukrainian

Intermediate

Work Experience

Independent Historian at Self-employed

January 1, 2017 - Present

Independent historian focusing on Early Modern to Current history; research in military history, geopolitics, and strategic cultures; author of contracted works and publications; active member of US Society for Military History and Società Italiana di Storia Militare.

Senior Researcher and Doctorate Candidate at Institute of History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch

December 31, 1993 - October 21, 2025

Senior researcher and doctorate student; completed a dissertation on 'Ural and Scotland, a comparative historical study of the industrial regions', which was transformed into a monograph.

Head of the Program and Methodology Department at Middle Ural Privatization Directorate

December 31, 1995 - October 21, 2025

Led the program and methodology department, overseeing privatization norms and processes during the privatization era.

Director for Programs and Methodology at The Ural Stock Corporation

December 31, 1997 - October 21, 2025

Directed programs and methodology for privatization operations within a financial market company subordinated to the Russian Federal Property Fund.

Executive at Private sector – Russia

December 31, 2000 - October 21, 2025

Industrial investments and power engineering; leadership roles in privatization and related sectors.

Executive at Private sector – Russia

December 31, 2017 - October 21, 2025

Continued work in industrial investments and power engineering.

Author/Contract at Pen & Sword

January 1, 2025 - Present

Contract for 'Strategies of Ukrainian War, 1500–1800. The Ottoman Empire, Poland and Russia: Conflict over Hegemony' (2025, in press).

Author/Contract at Nuova Antologia Militare

December 31, 2022 - October 21, 2025

Contract for 'A True Beast of Land and Water: The Gunpowder Mutation of Amphibious Warfare' in ongoing publication series 'The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs'.