Robert Service

Robert Service is a Hoover Institution senior fellow and an emeritus professor at Oxford University. He is the author of many books, including Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution, 1914-1924.

Articles by Robert Service
Russian Army Gen. Lavr Kornilov, in military garb, salutes a row of uniformed passing troops carrying weapons.
Russian Army Gen. Lavr Kornilov, in military garb, salutes a row of uniformed passing troops carrying weapons.

Why Kornilov’s Ghost Haunts Putin
Argument
Robert Service
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch of Russia Kirill lay flowers at a monument in Moscow's Red Square on Nov. 4, 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch of Russia Kirill lay flowers at a monument in Moscow's Red Square on Nov. 4, 2018.

Selling Your Soul to the Kremlin
Review
Robert Service
Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with other candidates a day after the presidential election, at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 19, 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with other candidates a day after the presidential election, at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 19, 2018.

How Not to Pressure Putin
Argument
Robert Service
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Russia’s Rottweiler or Putin’s Poodle?
Letters
Robert Service
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