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Teach at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
From Four Oaks, North Carolina.
B.A. in Modern European history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with much coursework in Russian language and literature.
Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet History from Indiana University Bloomington, supervised by Alexander Rabinowitch.
Archival research in Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.

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	Leaflets of the Russian Revolution: Socialist Organizing in 1917 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1885-1937: Life of an Old Bolshevik 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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