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Vladislav M. Zubok

ウラジスラフ・エム・ズボク

Urajisurafu M. Zuboku

Aliases: Vladislav Martinovich Zubok / Владислав Мартинович Зубок

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1958-04-16 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Nationality
Russian
Languages
Russian, English
Residence History
Moscow, Soviet Union → Washington D.C., United States → London, United Kingdom

Career

Occupations
Professor of international history, Historian, Cold War specialist
Active Years
1980-
Affiliations
London School of Economics, Temple University, National Security Archive, Stanford University, University of Michigan, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Education

Moscow State University
History Department
Degree: 学士
Year of Graduation: 1980
Country: Soviet Union
Undergraduate degree
Institute for US and Canadian Studies
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1985
Country: Soviet Union
PhD

Awards

Lionel Gelber Prize
2008
Work: A Failed Empire: the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
Result: 受賞
Marshall Shulman Prize
2008
Work: A Failed Empire: the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
Organization: Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Inside the Kremlin's Cold War, From Stalin to Khrushchev

1996 History

Examines Soviet Cold War policy from inside the Kremlin from Stalin to Khrushchev.

Cold WarSoviet foreign policy

A Failed Empire: the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev

2007 History

Comprehensive analysis of the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Cold WarSoviet collapse

Zhivago’s Children: the Last Russian Intelligentsia

2009 History

Portrays the last Russian intelligentsia in the late Soviet era.

Russian intelligentsiaSoviet culture

Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union

2021 History

Detailed history of the fall of the Soviet Union.

Soviet collapse

Bibliography

  • Inside the Kremlin's Cold War, From Stalin to Khrushchev
  • A Failed Empire: the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
  • Zhivago's Children: the Last Russian Intelligentsia
  • Masterpieces of History: A Peaceful End of the Cold War in Europe, 1989
  • The Idea of Russia: The Life and Work of Dmitry Likhachev
  • Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
  • The World of the Cold War, 1945–1991

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Analytical historical prose
Recurring Motifs
Cold War dynamicsSoviet foreign policy

Legacy

Internationally recognized expert on Cold War and 20th-century Russian history, Professor of International History at LSE. Multiple award winner, consultant for CNN's Cold War series.

Academic Societies

  • Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Trivia

  • Served as consultant for CNN's Cold War documentary series.