Dominic Lieven

Dominic Lieven

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]

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