Center for Russian Studies

Head of the Center – Irina I. Glebova

Founded at INION in 2008, the Center for Russian Studies focuses on the in-depth examination of Russia as a unique civilizational whole, utilizing a holistic approach to uncover its defining features.

The Centre publishes the academic periodical, “Proceedings in Russian Studies”, featuring leading experts’ contributions.

Focus of research:

• Analyzing theoretical frameworks and historiographical perspectives within Russian studies;
• Exploring the pivotal moments in Russian history (such as the early twentieth-century revolutions, WWI, and the Civil War), and analyzing issues of historical memory, particularly the formation of national identities in Imperial Russia, the USSR, and the Russian Federation;
• Examining Russia as a cultural-historical type within the wider context of history, with particular emphasis on philosophical reflection.

Key researchers:

• Irina I. Glebova – Dr.Sc. (Political Sciences), specialist in Russian history focusing on philosophy of history, global historical process, etc.
• Olga V. Bolshakova – Dr.S. (History), leading researcher, specialist in Russian studies, including American historical writing on Russia.

Latest major publications:

Books

• Glebova I.I. (ed.). (2021). Proceedings in Russian Studies. Vyp. 8. – Moscow: INION. 229 pp. (in Russian).
• Bolshakova O.V. (2024). Environmental history of Russian empire and the Soviet Union. Recent foreign literature. Moscow: INION. 105 pp. (in Russian).

Articles

• Bolshakova O.V. (2021) Russian and East European Studies after the end of the Cold war: A new face of the field, Roczniki Humanistyczne. Tom LXIX, z. 7, pp. 35-48.
• Bolshakova O.V. (2022) From Slavistics to Russian Studies: on some circumstances of the discipline’s constitution in the 1940s. Herald of Moscow University. Series 8. History, no 5, pp. 93-116.
• Bolshakova O.V. (2024) Study of Imperial Russian history in the United States in the 1960s-1980s: Trends and Dynamics. History and Historians: Historiographical Bulletin. 2020-2024. Pp. 165-200.
• Glebova I.I. (2021) The twentieth century against autocracy. Russia and the modern world, no 4, pp. 29-57. (in Russian).
• Glebova I.I. (2024) The autumn of autocracy. Russia and the modern world, no 1, pp. 25-50. (in Russian).