Lindsey Hughes

Lindsey A. J. Hughes (May 4 1949 – April 26 2007) was a historian of Russia. She was Professor of Russian History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), at University College London (UCL). She was educated at Sussex University and Darwin College, Cambridge.

Hughes was a world-renowned expert on Russian history of the 17th and 18th centuries, especially on Peter the Great and the history of Petrine Russia. She authored biographies of Peter and his predecessor Sophia Alekseyevna, as well as a more general work, "Russia in the Age of Peter the Great". She also wrote prolifically on all manner of other subjects, including art history.

Hughes joined SSEES in 1987, became Reader in 1992 and in 1997 was made Professor of Russian History, a post she held until her death from cancer.

Works

* "Russia and the West. The Life of a 17th-century Westernizer, Prince Vasily Vasil'evich Golitsyn (1643 – 1714)" (Newtonville, Mass.: Oriental Research Partners 1984 (= Russian Biographies Series vol 14))
* "Sophia, Regent of Russia 1657 – 1704" (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1990)
* "Russia in the age of Peter the Great" (New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press, 1998)
* "Peter the Great: A Biography" (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002.

External links

* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1769311.ece Obituary - May 10, 2007] from "The Times".