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Richard Stites

Date of Birth 02-December-1931
Place of Birth Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania, United States of America, Area code 215, Area code 267, Area codes 215 and 267)
Nationality United States of America
Richard Thomas Stites was a historian of Russian culture. In 1978 he published The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia: Feminism, Nihilism and Bolshevism, 1860-1930, a book that opened up a new discipline of Russian studies. In 1984, he wrote the introductory essay for an English translations of Alexander Bogdanov's science fiction novel Red Star. In 1989 he published Revolutionary Dreams: Utopian Vision and Experimental Life in the Russian Revolution. He also edited several books on Russian popular culture, notably Bolshevik Culture, Mass Culture in Soviet Russia and Culture and Entertainment in Wartime Russia. He died in Helsinki, Finland from complications of cancer on March 7, 2010, aged 78.

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