- Dominic Lieven
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Dominic Lieven is Professor of Russian Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Fellow of the British Academy[1][2][3]and of Trinity College, Cambridge. He is the elder brother of Anatol Lieven, and a brother of Elena Lieven.
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Russian Government and Empire
Dominic Lieven graduated first in the class of 1973 in history from Cambridge University and was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard in 1973/4. Lieven is seen as a world-authority on Russian history and post-Soviet politics; and on empire and European history. Notably in the areas of comparative imperial history; problems of political stability on the European periphery 1860-1939, and Russia's confrontation with Napoleon 1807-14.[4]
Key Publications
His main works include:
- 1983 Russia and the Origins of the First World War, Macmillan.
- 1989 Russia's Rulers under the Old Regime, Yale U.P.
- 1992 The Aristocracy in Europe 1815/1914, Macmillan/Columbia UP.
- 1993 Nicholas II, John Murray/St Martin's Press.
- 2000 Empire. The Russian Empire and its Rivals, John Murray/Yale U.P.
- 2009 Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814[5][6]
See also
- Elena Lieven
- Anatol Lieven
- Dorothea Lieven
- Christopher Lieven
References
- ^ http://www2.lse.ac.uk/researchAndExpertise/Experts/d.lieven@lse.ac.uk
- ^ http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/whosWho/profiles/dlieven@lseacuk/Home.aspx
- ^ http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~conih/bios/lieven.htm
- ^ http://academia-rossica.org/en/literature/russian-literature-week-2009/russian-literature-week-2008/speakers/dominic-lieven
- ^ http://www.literaryreview.co.uk/esdaile_10_09.html The Bear Against The Cockrel, Charles Esdaile, 2009, published in the Literary Review
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Mazower-t.html?ref=books, ‘War and Peace’: The Fact-Check, Mark Mazower, 2010, published in the New York Times.
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Categories:- Living people
- People associated with the London School of Economics
- Academics of the University of London
- British political scientists
- Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
- English people of Russian descent
- Historians of Russia
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