Bondarevsky was born in
Odessa, in the former
Soviet Union (presently in Ukraine) on 25 January 1920 in a Jewish family and did his college studies in
Moscow State University from where he graduated in history in 1940, followed by a master's degree in 1941. where the American-British-Soviet coalition was cemented. Retiring from the Army in 1945, he joined the Political People's Commissariat of Uzbekistan as its Chief, de facto Deputy Foreign Minister, a post he held till 1951. He also completed his research on
Berlin-to-Baghdad railway to secure a doctoral degree. He was also credited with the founding of the department of international relations. He owned a 7000 volume library and published 27 books and over 300 articles, covering political topics related to Central and South Asia,
Caucasian region, the
Persian Gulf, the Near and
Middle East. After conferring him with the Jawaharlal Nehru International Award, the Government of India honoured him again, in 2000, with the fourth highest civilian honour of the
Padma Shri. Bondarevsky, a member of the
Anti-Zionist Committee of the Soviet government, was murdered on 7 August 2003 at his Moscow apartment, death resulting from the injuries sustained from heavy blows to his head. The alleged killer was soon apprehended but was acquitted later, after trial. == See also ==