Dominic Lieven
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LOCATION: London, United Kingdom
Professor of Russian government, The London School of Economics and Political Science. Author of Empire: The Russian Empire and Its Rivals and others.
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Russia, country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Once the preeminent republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.; commonly known as the Soviet Union), Russia became an independent country after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December…
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