SettingsHistorians of communism
Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov
Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov was an acclaimed Soviet historian and writer turned anti-communist.
Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov was an acclaimed Soviet historian and writer turned anti-communist.
Al Richardson (historian)
Al Richardson (20 December 1941 - 22 November 2003) was a British Trotskyist historian and activist.
Al Richardson (20 December 1941 - 22 November 2003) was a British Trotskyist historian and activist.
Anne Applebaum
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964 in Washington, D.C.) is a journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has written extensively about communism and the development of civil socie...
Anne Elizabeth Applebaum (born July 25, 1964 in Washington, D.C.) is a journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has written extensively about communism and the development of civil socie...
Annie Kriegel
Annie Kriegel, née Annie Becker (born 9 September 1926 in Paris, died August 1995) was a French historian, a leading expert on Communist studies and the history of communism, a co-founder ...
Annie Kriegel, née Annie Becker (born 9 September 1926 in Paris, died August 1995) was a French historian, a leading expert on Communist studies and the history of communism, a co-founder ...
Bertram Wolfe
Bertram David "Bert" Wolfe was an American scholar and former communist best known for biographical studies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, and Diego Rivera.
Bertram David "Bert" Wolfe was an American scholar and former communist best known for biographical studies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky, and Diego Rivera.
Boris Ponomarev
Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev was a Soviet politician, ideologist and historian, and a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Boris Nikolayevich Ponomarev was a Soviet politician, ideologist and historian, and a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Boris Souvarine
Boris Souvarine (born Boris Konstantinovich Lifschitz and also known as Varine; 1895–1984) was an Imperial Russian-born French socialist, communist activist, essayist, and journalist.
Boris Souvarine (born Boris Konstantinovich Lifschitz and also known as Varine; 1895–1984) was an Imperial Russian-born French socialist, communist activist, essayist, and journalist.
Brian Pearce
Brian Leonard Pearce (8 May 1915–25 November 2008) was a British Marxist politician, historian, and translator.
Brian Leonard Pearce (8 May 1915–25 November 2008) was a British Marxist politician, historian, and translator.
Carl Joachim Friedrich
Carl Joachim Friedrich (Born June 5, 1901 in Leipzig; died on September 19, 1984 in Lexington, Massachusetts.) was a German-American professor and political theorist.
Carl Joachim Friedrich (Born June 5, 1901 in Leipzig; died on September 19, 1984 in Lexington, Massachusetts.) was a German-American professor and political theorist.
Christopher Phelps
Christopher Phelps (born 1965) is an American political and intellectual historian of the twentieth century.
Christopher Phelps (born 1965) is an American political and intellectual historian of the twentieth century.
Ernest Mandel
Ernest Ezra Mandel, also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter (5 April 1923 - 20 July 1995), was a revolutionary Marxi...
Ernest Ezra Mandel, also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter (5 April 1923 - 20 July 1995), was a revolutionary Marxi...
Gerald Horne
Dr. Gerald Horne is an African American historian, author, and Communist who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.
Dr. Gerald Horne is an African American historian, author, and Communist who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.
Harvey Klehr
Harvey E. Klehr (born December 25, 1945) is a professor of politics and history at Emory University; he is known for his books on the subject of the American Communist movement, and on Soviet es...
Harvey E. Klehr (born December 25, 1945) is a professor of politics and history at Emory University; he is known for his books on the subject of the American Communist movement, and on Soviet es...
Hillel H. Ticktin
Hillel Ticktin is a Marxist theorist.
Hillel Ticktin is a Marxist theorist.
Irving Howe
Irving Howe was an American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Irving Howe was an American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Isaac Deutscher
Isaac Deutscher was a Polish-born Jewish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom at the outbreak of World War II. He is best known as a biographer of Le...
Isaac Deutscher was a Polish-born Jewish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom at the outbreak of World War II. He is best known as a biographer of Le...
Ivo Banac
Ivo Banac (born March 1, 1947) is a Croatian historian, a long-time history professor at the Yale University and a liberal politician of the former Croatian Liberal Party.
Ivo Banac (born March 1, 1947) is a Croatian historian, a long-time history professor at the Yale University and a liberal politician of the former Croatian Liberal Party.
J. Arch Getty
John Archibald Getty, III (born November 30, 1950) is an American historian and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
John Archibald Getty, III (born November 30, 1950) is an American historian and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
James Oneal
James "Jim" Oneal (1875–1962), a founding member of the Socialist Party of America (SPA), was a prominent socialist journalist, historian, and party activist who played a decisive role in the bi...
James "Jim" Oneal (1875–1962), a founding member of the Socialist Party of America (SPA), was a prominent socialist journalist, historian, and party activist who played a decisive role in the bi...
John Earl Haynes
John Earl is an bike mechanic who work at the Express Bike Shop.
John Earl is an bike mechanic who work at the Express Bike Shop.
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky, born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army.
Leon Trotsky, born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army.
Maurice Isserman
Maurice Isserman (March 12, 1951 – ) is James L. Ferguson Professor of History at Hamilton College and an important contributor to the “new history of American communism” which reinterpret...
Maurice Isserman (March 12, 1951 – ) is James L. Ferguson Professor of History at Hamilton College and an important contributor to the “new history of American communism” which reinterpret...
Moshe Lewin
Moshe Lewin was a scholar of Russian and Soviet history; he was a major figure in the revisionist school of Soviet studies which emerged in the 1960s.
Moshe Lewin was a scholar of Russian and Soviet history; he was a major figure in the revisionist school of Soviet studies which emerged in the 1960s.
Oleg Khlevniuk
Oleg V. Khlevniuk is a senior researcher at the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow.
Oleg V. Khlevniuk is a senior researcher at the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow.
Pierre Broué
Pierre Broué (1926, Privas, Ardèche – July 26, 2005) was a French historian and Trotskyist.
Pierre Broué (1926, Privas, Ardèche – July 26, 2005) was a French historian and Trotskyist.
Pierre Verluise
Pierre Verluise Ph. D. in Geopolitics from Paris-Sorbonne University.
Pierre Verluise Ph. D. in Geopolitics from Paris-Sorbonne University.
Richard Pipes
Richard Edgar Pipes is a Polish-American academic who specializes in Russian history, particularly with respect to the Soviet Union.
Richard Edgar Pipes is a Polish-American academic who specializes in Russian history, particularly with respect to the Soviet Union.
Robert C. Tucker
Robert Charles Tucker (May 29, 1918 – July 29, 2010) was an American political scientist and historian.
Robert Charles Tucker (May 29, 1918 – July 29, 2010) was an American political scientist and historian.
Robert Conquest
George Robert Ackworth Conquest CMG is a British historian who became a well-known writer and researcher on the Soviet Union with the publication in 1968 of The Great Terror, an account of S...
George Robert Ackworth Conquest CMG is a British historian who became a well-known writer and researcher on the Soviet Union with the publication in 1968 of The Great Terror, an account of S...
Robert J. Alexander
Robert Jackson "Bob" Alexander was a scholar at Rutgers University.
Robert Jackson "Bob" Alexander was a scholar at Rutgers University.
Robert Vincent Daniels
Robert Vincent "Bill" Daniels (1926 - 2010) was an American historian and educator specializing in the history of the Soviet Union.
Robert Vincent "Bill" Daniels (1926 - 2010) was an American historian and educator specializing in the history of the Soviet Union.
Robin Blackburn
Robin Blackburn (born 1940) is a British socialist historian, a former editor of New Left Review (1981-99), an author of essays on Marx, capitalism and socialism, and of books on the history...
Robin Blackburn (born 1940) is a British socialist historian, a former editor of New Left Review (1981-99), an author of essays on Marx, capitalism and socialism, and of books on the history...
Ronald Radosh
Ronald Radosh is an American writer, professor, historian, former Marxist, and neoconservative.
Ronald Radosh is an American writer, professor, historian, former Marxist, and neoconservative.
Sam Bornstein
Sam Bornstein (1920 - 1990) was a British Trotskyist historian and activist.
Sam Bornstein (1920 - 1990) was a British Trotskyist historian and activist.
Sarah Davies (historian)
Sarah Davies is a professor specializing in the Soviet Union during the Stalin era.
Sarah Davies is a professor specializing in the Soviet Union during the Stalin era.
Sergei Melgunov
Sergei Petrovich Melgunov (Сергей Петрович Мельгунов) (December 24 or 25, 1879-May 26, 1956) was a Russian historian, publicist and politician best known for his opposition to the Soviet governm...
Sergei Petrovich Melgunov (Сергей Петрович Мельгунов) (December 24 or 25, 1879-May 26, 1956) was a Russian historian, publicist and politician best known for his opposition to the Soviet governm...
Serhy Yekelchyk
Dr. Serhy Yekelchyk is a Ukrainian Canadian historian of Ukrainian and Russian history.
Dr. Serhy Yekelchyk is a Ukrainian Canadian historian of Ukrainian and Russian history.
Sheila Fitzpatrick
Sheila Fitzpatrick is an Australian-American historian.
Sheila Fitzpatrick is an Australian-American historian.
Stephen Kotkin
Stephen Mark Kotkin is Professor of History and director of the Program in Russian Studies at Princeton University.
Stephen Mark Kotkin is Professor of History and director of the Program in Russian Studies at Princeton University.
Stéphane Courtois
Stéphane Courtois is a French historian, an internationally known expert on communist studies, particularly the history of communism and communist genocides, and author of several books.
Stéphane Courtois is a French historian, an internationally known expert on communist studies, particularly the history of communism and communist genocides, and author of several books.
Theodore Draper
Theodore "Ted" Draper was an American historian and political writer.
Theodore "Ted" Draper was an American historian and political writer.
Viktor Suvorov
Viktor Suvorov (Ви́ктор Суво́ров) is the pen name for Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun (Влади́мир Богда́нович Резу́н) (born April 20, 1947 in Barabash, Khasansky District, Primorsky Krai), a for...
Viktor Suvorov (Ви́ктор Суво́ров) is the pen name for Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun (Влади́мир Богда́нович Резу́н) (born April 20, 1947 in Barabash, Khasansky District, Primorsky Krai), a for...
Vladimir Tismăneanu
Vladimir Tismăneanu (; born July 4, 1951) is a Romanian and American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Vladimir Tismăneanu (; born July 4, 1951) is a Romanian and American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Wolfgang Leonhard
Wolfgang Leonhard is a German political author, historian, and expert on Communism.
Wolfgang Leonhard is a German political author, historian, and expert on Communism.