KGB, Russian Academic Imperialism, Ukraine, and Western Academia, 1946-2024

This book is a study of Soviet and Russian intelligence operations against the centers for Soviet studies in North American academia. Special attention is paid to the historical roots of contemporary Russian intelligence operations targeting American-Russian academics and promoting Russian state interests in the ongoing war against Ukraine.

Sergei I. Zhuk is professor of history at Ball State University.

Introduction: Russian Academic Imperialism in the West and Soviet/Russian Intelligence Chapter 1: The KGB and Founding of the Soviet Studies Centers in Capitalist America, 1946-1960 Chapter 2: The KGB and International Academic Connections in the USSR Academy of Sciences Chapter 3: The "KGB People" in International Academic Exchanges Chapter 4: The KGB Spies, Infiltration into American Society, and KGB "Sleeper Cells/Illegals" Chapter 5: The KGB, Ukrainian Diaspora in America, and Academic Exchanges Chapter 6: "Academic Imperialism": Writing Soviet and Post-Soviet History without Ukraine and the Role of the Russian Post-Soviet Immigration to the West Chapter 7: "The Agents of Influence": Post-Soviet Oligarchs, Russian Intelligence Service and Slavic Studies Centers in the West Epilogue: KGB Legacy and Failed "Westernization" of Russia Appendix: List of Interviews Bibliography About the Author