Kevin M. F. Platt

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Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Professor University of Pennsylvania kmfplatt@sas.upenn.edu Office: (215) 908-1685

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Ivan the Terrible Peter the Great Russian cultural history Russian cultural life Russian global emigres Russian literature Russian poetry Russian political history Russians in Latvia Russians in the Baltic States Russians outside of Russia

Bio/Research

Professor at Penn. Guggenheim Fellow and many other recognitions. Books and research: on Russian historical figures in political life, films, novels, etc. Russians in Latvia and outside of Russia in general. Russian literature, poetry, great novels. Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Tolstoy, Do...

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Bio/Research

Professor at Penn. Guggenheim Fellow and many other recognitions. Books and research: on Russian historical figures in political life, films, novels, etc. Russians in Latvia and outside of Russia in general. Russian literature, poetry, great novels. Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Sergei Eisenstein, Anna Akhmatova, Pasternak, and other figures.

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Media Appearances

“The Takeaway” for PRI (radio), Russian perceptions of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 tragedy, July 22, 2014 (start 7:58) “Putin Plays the Arsonist and the Fire Brigade”, Background Briefing. KPFK Radio. May 8, 2014. (see Part 1, 2:12)