John P. LeDonne

Ph.D. Columbia University 1962
Center Associate, Davis Center

Contact Information
617.495.8421
jledonne@fas.harvard.edu

Research Interests
Imperial Russia in the 18th and early 19th centuries; Ukraine, the Caucasus and Siberia.

Current Projects
The formation and governing of the Russian empire 1650s-1830s.

Selected Publications
Ruling Russia. Politics and Administration in the Age of Absolutism, 1762-1796. Princeton, 1984.

Absolutism and Ruling Class. The Formation of the Russian Political Order 1700-1825. Oxford, 1991. Vucinich Prize, 1992.

The Russian Empire and the World 1700-1831. Oxford, 1997.

The Grand Strategy of the Russian Empire 1650-1831. Oxford, 2003.