Professional Affiliation

Adjunct Professor, American University

Wilson Center Project

Political Parties and Social Movements in the Russian Civil War

Project Summary

This study examines the effects of the civil war on the Soviet political process. Methodologically, it is an attempt to combine a study of political ideas and institutions with a study of popular movements and interpret the development of the Soviet political system. The main focus is on the Communists’ interaction with the opposition parties: the Social Democrats (Mensheviks) and the Socialist Revolutionaries. The study traces the destruction of opposition parties in Lenin’s Russia. It aims to be a contribution to the understanding of the origins and nature of Stalinism.

Previous Terms

Short-Term Scholar, 4/1/86-5/1/86, Kennan Institute, "An Opposition Party in Soviet Russia: The Mensheviks, 1919 - 1924"