The KGB, Russian Academic Imperialism, Ukraine, and Western Academia, 1946–2024

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The KGB, Russian Academic Imperialism, Ukraine, and Western Academia, 1946–2024 is written by Sergei I. Zhuk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1666943681 (ISBN 10) and 9781666943689 (ISBN 13).

The KGB, Russian Academic Imperialism, Ukraine, and Western Academia, 1946-2024 is a study of Soviet and Russian intelligence operations against the centers for Soviet studies in North American academia. Using recently opened archival KGB and US intelligence documents, memoirs, and personal interviews with former KGB officers in post-Soviet Ukraine, this book analyzes the Soviet strategy of "using their enemies" for promoting their own political interests, especially directed at the problems of Ukrainian nationalism and independence. This volume investigates KGB operations establishing a foothold within the American Slavic studies community during the Cold War. The KGB, and their current successors the Russian FSB, use Russian emigrants and academics to promote pro-Kremlin and pro-Putin myths within North American research institutes. 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.