Expert on Soviet Economic and Demographic History Speaks at HSE
(World News Russia)

On October 10, Stephen Wheatcroft, Professor of the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne delivered a lecture at HSE Moscow as part of a long and busy schedule. A participant at previous April Conferences at HSE, Professor Wheatcroft is one of the world`s foremost experts on Soviet social, economic and demographic history, as well as famine and food supply problems in modern world history. A co-author ofThe Economic Transformation of the Soviet Union, 1913-1945 and part of a team that has produced an entire series of books on early Soviet agricultural and industrial history, Professor Wheatcroft was named a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in...