Vladimir Alexandrov

About The Author

Vladimir Alexandrov is B. E. Bensinger Professor Emeritus of Russian literature and culture at Yale University and the author of The Black Russian, To Break Russia’s Chains, and other books. He lives in Connecticut.

Books by Vladimir Alexandrov

When the Russians Came

The Remarkable Story of the Friendship between Imperial Russia and the Union during the Civil War

The surprising and little-known story of how the United States and Russia forged an extraordinary friendship during the Civil War.
To Break Russia's Chains

Boris Savinkov and His Wars Against the Tsar and the Bolsheviks

A brilliant examination of the enigmatic Russian revolutionary about whom Winston Churchill said "few men tried more, gave more, dared more and suffered more for the Russian people," and who remains a legendary and controversial figure in his homeland today.
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