Professional Affiliation

Professor, Universite du Quebec a Montreal

Wilson Center Project

Russian Social Democracy after 1921

Project Summary

Monograph on exiled Mensheviks, as well as the Menshevik underground in Soviet Russia during the 1920s. Reconstructs and evaluates Menshevik critiques of Soviet Russia, demonstrates the role of Mensheviks in defining Wester attitudes towards the Soviet Union, and inquires as to Menshevik impact on American scholarship concerning Russian Revolution.

Previous Terms

Research Grant Kennan Institute Expertise: Russia and Eurasia; France Affiliation: Professor, Universite du Quebec a Montreal Wilson Center Project(s): From the Other Shore: Russian Social Democracy after 1921 Term: Mar 31, 1985- May 01, 1985. Project Summary Monograph on the Menshevik exile in Berlin (1921-1933), Paris (1933-40) and New York (1940-1951), as well as the Menshevik undergroun in Russia until the early 30s. Discusses the role that Mensheviks played in creating Western views concerning the Comintern and the Soviet Union in the interwar period, as well as biasing the interpretations of the Russian Revolution and sovietology. ...