Irina Scherbakowa

Irina Sherbakova
in 2025
Born1949 (age 76–77)
Moscow
OccupationsHistorian, journalist
Known forinvestigating modern Russian history

Irina Lazarevna Scherbakowa (Sherbakova) (Russian: Ирина Лазаревна Щербакова, born 1949) is a Russian historian of the modern age, an author and a founding member of Memorial. She was awarded the Carl von Ossietsky Prize for Contemporary History and Politics in 2014, and the Goethe Medal in 2017. She has been studying Russia's modern history since the 1970s. Memorial was designated a "foreign agent" by Russia in 2016. In 2022 Memorial was co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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