معرفی
Mikhail Nakonechnyi is a University Researcher and Visiting Scholar at the Aleksanteri Institute - Finnish Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Helsinki. He holds a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford (2020) and has conducted extensive research on the GULAG, Russian imperial prisons, and carceral medicine.
Education:
- Specialist in History, Pskov State University (2008)
- Post-graduate studies at St. Petersburg Institute of History (2012–2016)
- DPhil in History, University of Oxford (2020), thesis: Factory of Invalids: Mortality, Disability, and Early Release on Medical Grounds in GULAG, 1930–1955
Research Focus: Comparative transnational history of healthcare in prisons, falsification of health data by criminal justice systems, revision of GULAG mortality statistics, and ethnic relations in penal systems. His work emphasizes the intersection of penal medicine, forced labor, and historical demography.
Recent Activities:
- Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded project DeathAndManipulation (2025–2030)
- Contributions to peer-reviewed journals like Kritika, Slavic Review, and Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
- Public engagement through documentaries (e.g., War Factories, 2019) and media interviews (MTV Uutiset, 2023)
Labs/Teams: Part of the GULAGECHOES project (2019–2023) and collaborates with international networks on Soviet penal history.
