Ronald Grigor Suny

Ronald Grigor Suny is a historian of Russia and the former Soviet Union and an emeritus professor at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago.

People hold flags and placards during a rally to commemorate the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide

Genocide in Real Time Genocide in Real Time

As an American, I share the deep sorrow over my country’s complicity in this horrific crime against humanity.

Apr 25, 2024 / Ronald Grigor Suny

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on the flag with portraits of Soviet leaders Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin while visiting the Parachute factory in Ivanovo, Russia on March 6, 2020.

The Ukraine War and Loss of Nuance The Ukraine War and Loss of Nuance

On the complexities and contradictions of history.

Feb 16, 2023 / Ronald Grigor Suny

Empire Falls: The Revolutions of 1989 Empire Falls: The Revolutions of 1989

The story of communism's rise and fall in Eastern Europe is a tale of two revolutions.

Oct 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ronald Grigor Suny

Revolutionary States Revolutionary States

Two new books take a closer look at the "Soviet monster" in an age of lazy, anti-Communist rhetoric.

Feb 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ronald Grigor Suny

Hrant Dink (1954-2007) Hrant Dink (1954-2007)

A courageous editor and fervent Turkish patriot is killed in the name of nationalists intent on burying the inconvenient realities of history.

Jan 22, 2007 / Feature / Ronald Grigor Suny

The Prison Notebooks The Prison Notebooks

Nikolai Bukharin's Philosophical Arabesques is more than a cul-de-sac on the road from Marx to Stalin; the book defines a political path still not taken.

Aug 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Ronald Grigor Suny

In the Bedroom (With Stalin) In the Bedroom (With Stalin)

Stalin continues to fascinate--the central mystery within the riddle inside the enigma that was the Soviet Union. If you Google "Stalin, biography," 166,000 websites come up.

Sep 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ronald Grigor Suny

Flowers at the Berlin Wall Memorial after the commemoration ceremony marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin, Germany, on November 9, 2024.

Sovietology and the End of the Cold War Sovietology and the End of the Cold War

The Cold War and its effects.

Nov 5, 0030 / Ronald Grigor Suny

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