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Robert Service
FBA
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Service speaking at the Tallinn Literature Festival HeadRead in May 2011
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Robert John Service
29 October 1947 United Kingdom
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| Awards | Duff Cooper Prize (2009) |
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| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
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| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Main interests | Russian history (1894–) |
| Notable works | Biographies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Leon Trotsky |
Robert John Service FBA (born October 29, 1947) is a famous British historian and writer. He has written many books about the history of the Soviet Union. This includes the time from the October Revolution to the death of Joseph Stalin.
Until 2013, he was a professor of Russian history at the University of Oxford. He was also a Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford. He worked as a senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is best known for writing life stories (biographies) of important leaders. These include Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Leon Trotsky. He has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 1998. This is a special honor for top scholars.
What Has Robert Service Written?
Robert Service has written many books about Russian history. His works often focus on the Soviet period. He has published biographies of key figures. These include Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Leon Trotsky. These books help us understand their lives and impact.
Important Books by Robert Service
Here are some of his well-known books:
- The Bolshevik Party in Revolution 1917–23 (1979)
- Lenin: A Political Life (three volumes: 1985, 1991, 1995)
- A History of Twentieth-Century Russia (1997)
- The Penguin History of Modern Russia (1997)
- Lenin: A Biography (2000)
- Stalin: A Biography (2004)
- Comrades: A World History of Communism (2007)
- Trotsky: A Biography (2009)
- The End of the Cold War: 1985–1991 (2015)
- The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution (2017)
- Kremlin Winter: Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin (2019)
- Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914-1924 (2023)
See also
In Spanish: Robert Service para niños
