Stefan
Gužvica

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, SAINT PETERSBURG

I am a historian of communism, researching intellectual and political history of the 20th century; the relationship between revolution, the peasantry, and nation-building in Eastern Europe; and theories of uneven and combined development.

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Stefan
Gužvica

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, SAINT PETERSBURG

I am a historian of communism, researching intellectual and political history of the 20th century; the relationship between revolution, the peasantry, and nation-building in Eastern Europe; and theories of uneven and combined development.

Scientific Work

Here you can find articles and reviews I have published in scientific journals.

Learn More

Popular Science

Articles written in non-specialized magazines, bringing historical topics closer to non-academic audiences.

Learn More

Public Appearances

Appearances in media and analyses I have authored.

Learn More

Blog

My personal blog, containing research notes and musings on various historiographical topics.

Learn More

Before Tito: The Communist Party of Yugoslavia during the Great Purge (1936–1940)

The book discusses the time of the Great Purge in the Soviet Union as one of the most controversial and under-researched periods in the history of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). Using newly-available archival sources from Moscow, I offer the first academic and systematic analysis of this crucial formative period in the history of the KPJ. The book explains the reasons of Tito’s success, examines the policies and failures of his rivals, and pays particular attention to the long-term consequences of Tito’s appointment, culminating in the Soviet-Yugoslav split of 1948. 

You can download the book for free here.

Reviews: Southeastern EuropeSecuritas ImperiiBalcanica; Europe-Asia Studies; Tokovi istorije (in Serbo-Croatian); Scrinia Slavonica (in Serbo-Croatian); 3k: Kapital, Klasa, Kritika (in Serbo-Croatian).