Russian & Ukrainian History Starter Pack
For historians of Russia and Ukraine--serious scholars (pro & amateur welcome)--no demagogues, trolls, or sock puppets, please! Let's share our knowledge and studies with each other and with everyone else.
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@tomfodw.bsky.social
@opolianichev.bsky.social
Historian of Tsarist Russia at Södertörn University, Stockholm | Colonial and transimperial history | Ph.D. from EUI
@stevenseegel.bsky.social
professor & associate chair of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, dog lover, slow marathon runner, opinions mine
@dienekes.bsky.social
Retired doctor, Eastern Front historian, husband, dad, servant of two border collie puppies. www.pritbuttar.com
@explaintrade.com
Author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM. 🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based. Media and training: explaintrade.com Consultancy network: auroramacro.com Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.com
@abarbashin.bsky.social
Russia foreign and domestic politics. Editorial Director at ridl.io
@radchenko.bsky.social
Historian of the Cold War and after. Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. The author of “To Run the World.”
@aphclarkson.bsky.social
Lecturer for German and European Studies at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement. Also to be found at @APHClarkson@mastodon.social as well as @APHClarkson https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
@maxseddon.bsky.social
moscow bureau chief @financial times. in soviet russia, news reports you: max.seddon@ft.com
@samagreene.bsky.social
Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Director of Democratic Resilience, CEPA. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
@fredlanlum.bsky.social
Historian based in Vienna. Mostly SEE/Balkans/... | Research on the Drina river | Univ Regensburg | WU Vienna | Map Enthusiast. (né Frederik Lange)
@bgorski.bsky.social
Literature and capitalism, esp in Russia. Prof at Georgetown. Erstwhile union organizer.
@hgwdavie.bsky.social
Visiting Research Fellow East Centre UEA - writes about Soviet Logistics in SWW, General Military Transport & Logistics, Railways, Horse-drawn Vehicles Visting Lecturer University Wolverhampton, MA SWW Eastern Europe and Holocaust
@juliadavisnews.bsky.social
Columnist @TheDailyBeast, creator of the Russian Media Monitor, sanctioned by Russia, member of @TheEmmys. I watch Russian state TV, so you don't have to. Author of a book "In Their Own Words: How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions."
@marcishore.bsky.social
Historian, professor, author "The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution;" "The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism;" "Caviar and Ashes."
@alexsaysstuff.bsky.social
Balkan history and X-Men opinion-haver. Did a PhD on diplomacy in the Bosnian War. Host of The History of Yugoslavia podcast.
@tendar.bsky.social
Tyrants are my enemies | Si vis pacem para bellum |🇩🇪🇪🇺| Das Böse triumphiert allein dadurch, dass gute Menschen nichts unternehmen |Military & History
@deskrussia.bsky.social
Quality analysis on Russia & Russia’s war in Ukraine | @deskrussie.bsky.social’s English-language version | Director: Philippe de Lara | Editor-in-chief: Galia Ackerman | Website: https://desk-russie.info/ |
@europe-asia.bsky.social
Since 1949, the principal academic journal in the world focusing on history + current political-social-economic affairs in Russia, Eastern Europe, Eurasia.
@andrewchak.bsky.social
Ukrainian-American in NL🇳🇱. “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim” -Elie Wiesel #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 https://linktr.ee/andrew.chakhoyan
@returnstosender.bsky.social
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘸 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘦 (Harvard, 2022) https://bit.ly/SovietJewBook | 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵 (Stanford, 2026) https://www.sup.org/books/jewish-studies/shadow-holocaust | he/him | Opinions my own | My website: sashasenderovich.weebly.com
@luciankim.bsky.social
Senior Ukraine Analyst @crisisgroup.org, former correspondent based in Berlin and Moscow, author of new @columbiaup.bsky.social book on why Russia invaded Ukraine.
@mariarepnikova.bsky.social
Academician, word technician, Atlantan, Russian-American-Latvian-Jew. Associate Prof @Georgia State in Global Comm; China expert. Author of Media Politics in China and Chinese Soft Power. Currently writing China's image-making in Africa.
@markgaleotti.bsky.social
Analyst of murky topics from Russian politics to organised crime.
@cathyyoung63.bsky.social
Writer: Bulwark, Newsday, others. Former Soviet Jewish American gal. Otter afficionada. You know the drill.
@alexoberlaender.bsky.social
Russian/Soviet history Cultural History of Work History of Sexual Violence History of Emotions associate editor @ Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History OEI/FU Berlin FSO Bremen #skystorians
@rkpejsova.bsky.social
East Central European, Modern Jewish, and Human Rights History at Purdue U. Shofar journal. Bard, CEU Budapest, Columbia alumna. Displacement, Dispersion, Diaspora. coffee, black. 🖤🧿 #skystorians 🗃
@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.
@lucyaash.bsky.social
Foreign affairs broadcaster and author BBC presenter Russia / Ukraine / Orthodox Church expert My new book The Baton and The Cross is now for sale Trustee of Jerwood Foundation lucyashjournalism.com
@buddyyakov.bsky.social
Political economy, Russia, ext. Also pictures of cats. Recovering historian doing financial engineering for the public sector the Center For Public Enterprise and still sometimes missing academia. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674240995
@coldwarpod.bsky.social
Award-winning #podcast preserving the stories of the #ColdWar before they are lost... Listen & follow for free at https://coldwarconversations.com/ Hosted & produced by Ian Sanders, Fellow of Royal Historical Society & Manchester Museum
@andersaslund.bsky.social
Economist & author, specializing in the economics of Eastern Europe, especially Russia & Ukraine.
@aseees.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/aseeestudies Please visit our website aseees.org for more information. Follows and retweets do not indicate endorsements.
@sdfstu.bsky.social
The words I thought I brought I left behind. Long suffering* Philly sports fan. Historian, REEES. (*not suffering as much recently)
@shiruuu.bsky.social
Historian at @leidenhumanities.bsky.social of various things: political thought, intellectuals & the state, Europe & Russia she/her 🎹 🍉 https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/shiru-lim#tab-2
@michaelmackay.bsky.social
Canadian Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science Participant in the democratic renaissance of Ukraine since independence Chronicler of fascist Russia's wars since 2014
@billbrowder.bsky.social
Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign and author of Red Notice and Freezing Order
@kassymbekova.bsky.social
Professor of eastern European history, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Russian and Russo-Soviet colonialism, imperialism, stalinism, post-stalinism.
@akochowi.bsky.social
Professor of History. Russia/USSR/IR/War. Author: Russian and Soviet Diplomacy; Russia’s International Relations in the 20th Century. Wargamer. Has a famous game cart he takes to class.
@maudinet.bsky.social
PhD, Research Fellow @irsem.bsky.social, teaching @uparisnanterre.bsky.social ▪️Russian Politics & Media ▪️Influence, Foreign Policy & Authoritarianism Co-founder @coruscant-eu.bsky.social Publications: https://irsem.academia.edu/MaximeAudinet
@eugenemcparland.bsky.social
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.“ — Cato the Elder
@andrewperpetua.bsky.social
If you think I deserve a tip: http://paypal.me/ukrdailyupdate to view my map: http://map.ukrdailyupdate.com
@popovaprof.bsky.social
Polisci prof at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️ Democracy, rule of law, (anti)corruption in Eastern Europe 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺; post-Communism; Russo-Ukrainian war and its impact on European democracies; #UkraineIsEurope #DefendDemocracy https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
@theins.press
The Insider is a Russia-focused, independent media outlet. We're fully committed to investigative journalism and to debunking fake news. theins.press/en
@janinedigi.bsky.social
Executive Director /CEO The Reckoning Project, war crimes unit in Ukraine, soon Middle East and Africa. Academic @Yale; war reporter of three decades and 18 wars; Guggenheim Fellow; CFR Murrow Fellow; nine books. Mother and Human Rights Defender. Paris.
@english.nv.ua
The New Voice of Ukraine is Ukraine’s premier independent English-language news resource. Now on Bluesky!
@wartranslated.bsky.social
🇪🇪 Estonian blogger focusing on Russia/Ukraine | 18+ version: https://t.me/wartranslated | Glory to #Ukraine!
@rvps2001.bsky.social
I run a daily newsletter about Russia, Ukraine, and the war: https://russia-ukraine-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe Please consider supporting my work: https://forms.gle/brRPMGDJv7rfYCQE7 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
@cjers.bsky.social
A peer-reviewed, open-access online Canadian academic journal featuring research related to Europe and the states of the former Soviet Union. See the most recent issue: https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/CJERS/index
@russianhistoryprof.bsky.social
Author and professor of Russian and Soviet esoterica | Michigander turned Californian | posts about Russia, Ukraine, NHL, wine, higher ed | Special Topics Editor at Kritika | host of History Ex Silo podcast on NBN
@rehp.bsky.social
A podcast about all the peoples of the Russian Empire. Wherever you get your podcasts.
@antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Ukrainian patriot. Advisor to Internal Affairs Minister (2021-2023). Support my team of volunteer translators: http://patreon.com/TwitterAG
@olgalautman.bsky.social
Focus: Russia, intel, Eastern Europe. Senior Fellow @cepa.org Syria-Ukraine Network Substack: https://olgalautman.substack.com/ Twitter: @OlgaNYC1211 https://linktr.ee/olgalautman
@umland.bsky.social
Analyst, Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, UI: bsky.app/profile/sceeus-ui.bsky.social. Editor, book series SPPS & Ukrainian Voices: www.ibidem.eu/en/Series/Society-Politics/. Assoc. Prof., Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-4646
@pstyleone1.bsky.social
I was cool, but then Russia invaded Ukraine. Expert in economics & history & international relations. I am not an academic here.
@polidemitolog.bsky.social
Political analyst. Former assistant professor at RUDN Moscow. PhD in political science. Bylines in Euronews, Bloomberg, Novaya Gazeta and Radar. Views my own.
@bigearthdata.bsky.social
Reality Matters. #AI curated #Environment #Rainforest #Water #Ocean #Rewild #Science #Sustainable #Permaculture #Indigenous #HumanRights #Peace #Antifascist #ESG #Space #BirdFlu | Search/RSS/API: https://bigearth-data.com | https://drglenbarry.blogspot.com
@noelreports.com
Media platform covering global conflict zones. Focus on the Ukraine-Russia war. Consider supporting us once via buymeacoffee.com/noelreports or by becoming a member via patreon.com/NOELREPORTS.
@margareterosali.bsky.social
Life artist #Resister Ï 🗽🌍💙🐻❄️🍁democracy dies in light Human Rights #FBPE #FBR 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ✡️💚 Kamala Harris #FCKTrump friend➡️ #NAFO & #Ukraine ,Georgien ,Israel no trump/-putin/-afd/-terrorists/-disinformation x.com/MargareteRosali
@mariliamoscou.bsky.social
Docente no depto de Sociologia da FFLCH/USP, coordenadora do Ímpar - Laboratório de Gênero, Sexualidade e Estudos Críticos da Família. Fellow no Institute for Advanced Studies de Princeton. Ex-fellow Mecila e Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung.
@strategywoman.bsky.social
#warcoffee diary from Kyiv The latest letters from Ukraine about the war, history and culture: https://www.patreon.com/c/strategywoman
@mr-orcinator.bsky.social
Monitoring Conflicts Around The World. News | Geopolitics | War
@wowwoman.bsky.social
A proud Ukrainian 🇺🇦 I write about interesting women but latest focus is on Ukraine and her people. #standwithUkraine WOWwoman.com
@poliakova.bsky.social
🖋️Managing editor at @pravda.ua 📑 Here you can find stories about Russian-Ukrainian war 😻 And cats
@maksymeristavi.com
#RussianColonialism storyteller-in-chief. author of award-winning “Russian Colonialism 101”🪆🪓
@camukrainistyka.bsky.social
Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, an academic centre at the University of Cambridge. Advancing new approaches to teaching and researching Ukraine since 2008. www.CambridgeUkrainianStudies.org Posts by Rory Finnin
@pravda.ua
Official English page of Ukrainian media outlet "Ukrainska Pravda" https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
@kyivpost.com
Ukraine's Global Voice since 1995. The first and oldest English-language newspaper about Ukraine.
@kyivindependent.com
Independent English-language journalism in Ukraine Become a member: http://kyivindependent.com/membership/ One-time donation: https://kyivindependent.com/membership/?interval=onetime
@moscowtimes.bsky.social
Взрыв, а не хлопок. Война, а не спецоперация. Более 30 лет пишем о России и называем вещи своими именами, теперь и на русском языке. За «дискредитацию решений руководства РФ» признаны нежелательной организацией. ru@themoscowtimes.com
@umnchgs.bsky.social
Preserving memory and awareness of mass violence at the University of Minnesota since 1997. cla.umn.edu/chgs
@theukrainianreview.bsky.social
Ukrainian perspective on the media worldwide 🌎 Website: https://theukrainianreview.info/
@sashaetkind.bsky.social
Professor of CEU in Vienna. A historian who teaches IR and the Anthropocene, but mostly thinks and comments about the current war. I ban, with or without warning
@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social
Living in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Contributing to Ukrainian voices online | support me : PayPal: kate.boguslavskaya@gmail.com | http://buymeacoffee.com/kateinkharkiv
@themoscowtimes.com
Independent news from Russia since 1992. https://linktr.ee/moscowtimes Photo: Sergei Kiselev / Moskva News Agency
@euromaidanpress.bsky.social
News and views from Ukraine. We are independent & community-funded. Support us: 💙 http://buymeacoffee.com/EuromaidanPress 💛 http://patreon.com/EuromaidanPress
@meduza.io
Breaking news in Russia, investigative reports, interviews, and opinions. In English. You’re welcome. https://meduza.io/en
@malcolmnance.bsky.social
Fmr US Intelligence +36 yrs. Expert MENA/SWA & US Terrorists | x5 NYT Bestselling Author, Navy Senior Chief, Widower, Ukrainian army Intl’ Legionnaire. Malcolmnance.Substack.com
@thestudyofwar.bsky.social
ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: press@understandingwar.org. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
@avindman.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Vet. Ex NSC/WH Staff. Doc of International Affairs. Senior Fellow, FPI SAIS, JHU. NYT Best-selling Author.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
staff writer @theatlantic. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and now AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
History & Italian Professor, NYU; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. Atlantic Starter Pack: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y
@tomfodw.bsky.social
Historian of 19th & 20th century Russia/Europe (mostly pre-1921); science fiction author & fan; lover of cats, dogs, chocolate, books, movies, television, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, cricket, Hawaii. Follow my Substack! https://thomasbeck.substack.com