Richard Bidlack
Bidlack taught courses on imperial Russia, Soviet Russia, Central Asia, and a study abroad course in Kyrgyzstan. He has researched Russia and Central Asia extensively and is the author of an annually updated textbook.
Education
- B.A. with honors in history, Wake Forest University, 1977
- M.A. in history, Indiana University, 1979
- Russian and East European Institute Graduate Certificate, Indiana University, 1982
- Ph.D. in history, Indiana University, 1987
Research
- Soviet history
Teaching
- Modern Europe
- Russia past and present
- Caucasus
- Central Asia
Selected Publications
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(co-author with Nikita Lomagin)The Leningrad Blockade, 1941-1944: A New Documentary History from the Soviet Archives (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012, 515 pp.)
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Russia and Eurasia, 2015-2016 (Lantham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), 46th edition
Current Research
I am a member of a small group of international scholars, supported by the Blavatnik Archive of New York City, who are examining for publication a large collection of postcards published in Leningrad during the Second World War.
I am also researching unregistered (underground) Baptist communities in the late Soviet era.