Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile
Alexander Rabinowitch
Professor Emeritus of History, College of Arts and Sciences
IU Bloomington
Professor Emeritus of History
Interests:
HistoryEducation:
- B.A. at Knox College, 1956
- M.A. at University of Chicago, 1961
- Ph.D. at Indiana University, 1965
Background:
- Expert in Russian history to 1917, the Russian revolutions, the Soviet Union in World War II, and Soviet-American relations.
- His book, "The Bolsheviks Come to Power: The Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd," was only the second history text by a Western author to be published in the Soviet Union.
- Was visiting in the Soviet Union during the August 1991 coup.
