In 1908, in response to the senseless slaughter of peasants by tsarist authorities, Leo Tolstoy wrote “I cannot be silent!” We cannot stay silent now. The war in Ukraine is an assault against the human values of justice and freedom. This is a war against the historic friendship and shared cultural legacy of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples. The Program in Russian East European and Eurasian Studies and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures grieve the deaths of innocent people, and express solidarity with Ukraine. We stand with everyone who opposes this senseless and inhuman act of violence that may lead the world into an abyss. Tolstoy's words “THIS IS AWFUL!” resonate in our hearts.

Teaching Russian language and literature since the 1940's...(no audio)

Ekaterina Pravilova, Professor of History
Ilya Vinitsky, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Michael A. Reynolds, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies
Elena Fratto, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Michael A. Wachtel, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Mark Beissinger, Professor of Politics
Ksana Blank, Senior Lecturer, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Ana Berdinskikh, Lecturer, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Margaret Beissinger, Research Scholar and Lecturer, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Svetlana Korshunova, Lecturer, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Serguei Oushakine, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Ellen Chances, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Simon Morrison, Professor of Music and Slavic Languages and Literatures