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Bio: Richard Edgar Pipes was a Polish-American academic who specializes in Russian history, particularly with respect to the Soviet Union, who espoused a strong anti-communist point of view throughout his career.
Known for:
Russia Under the Old Regime (1974)
Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime 1919-1924 (1993)
A Concise History of the Russian Revolution (1995)