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Having grown up in rural North Carolina, I earned a B.A. in Modern European history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I also studied Russian language and literature. My Ph.D. is in Russian and Soviet History from Indiana University Bloomington, where I studied with Alexander Rabinowitch. I have carried out archival research in Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. I teach at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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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
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The Life of a Russian Woman Doctor: A Siberian Memoir, 1869-1954

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It is worth reading this book all the way through, although it doesn't seem compelling at first. Over the years he travels to Russia for research, he revisits the same places and reinterviews some of the same people, thus achieving a more complete ac ...more
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