Merle Fainsod
Merle Fainsod · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Pioneering Sovietologist; author of 'How Russia Is Ruled'
1907, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, United States — 1972, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
United States
Merle Fainsod is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Pioneering Sovietologist; author of 'How Russia Is Ruled'
Merle Fainsod was a pioneering American political scientist and Sovietologist at Harvard University. His book 'How Russia Is Ruled' (1953) became a foundational text of Cold War Soviet studies, and 'Smolensk under Soviet Rule' (1958), based on captured Communist Party archives, was a landmark of empirical scholarship on the USSR. He is listed among Jewish scholars in Jewish biographical references; detailed public documentation of his religious background is limited.
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Pioneering Sovietologist; author of 'How Russia Is Ruled'
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Political Philosophy & Science
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