The Russian Revolution; The Jugo-Slav Movement

Frank Alfred Golder

1877–1929

An adventurous historian of Russia and Alaska, he helped build one of the great early collections of Slavic materials at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. His work combined archival detective work, travel, and firsthand reporting from a world in upheaval.

A pioneering American scholar of Russia, he helped bring Russian language, history, and politics into university study in the United States. His work at the University of Chicago made him an important early guide to understanding Russia during years of dramatic change.

A leading American historian of Eastern Europe, he helped build Slavic studies in the United States while writing about Russia, Czechoslovakia, and the wider Slavic world. His career bridged scholarship and public affairs at a time when the map of Europe was being redrawn.