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Robert Dale

Dr Robert Dale is Lecturer in Russian History, with a particular emphasis on twentieth-century Russian and Soviet history. His research is focused primarily on the late-Stalinist period, the years between the end of the Great Patriotic War in May 1945 and Stalin’s death in March 1953. His thematic interests centre upon the social and cultural history of Stalinism, the effects of war and mass violence upon individuals and societies, veterans and demobilisation, and the history of St. Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad. His first monograph Demobilized Veterans in Late Stalinist Leningrad: Soldiers to Civilians (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015) explores a unique case study of the difficulties of postwar transition faced by Soviet soldiers. His current research explores the complicated processes of postwar reconstruction, and the deeply divisive legacy of the Great Patriotic War. He is also working on a series of articles and chapters exploring physical disability and psychiatric trauma in the Soviet Union during and after the Second World War.  Dr Dale is also one of the co-conveners of the Eastern European and Russian Research Group (EERRG).