Sovietologist

/ ˌsəʊvɪəˈtɒlədʒɪst; ˌsɒv- /

noun

1. a person who has studied the political policies and developments of the former Soviet government

Example Sentences

Although little known outside Sovietologist circles before he became leader in 1985, he quickly became a dominant and charismatic figure on the world stage.

From Seattle Times

To George F. Kennan, the distinguished American diplomat and Sovietologist, Mr. Gorbachev was “a miracle,” a man who saw the world as it was, unblinkered by Soviet ideology.

From New York Times

Widely known for “The Great Terror,” a study of Stalin’s 1930s atrocities, this distinguished Sovietologist was equally distinguished as a poet.

From Washington Post

She was divorced from Yuri Olkhovsky, a George Washington University Sovietologist and a supporter of Russian dissidents; and the widow of David Chavchavadze, a descendant of the Romanov dynasty, which ruled Imperial Russia for 300 years.

From Washington Post

He met Lubin in the 1980s when she was a Sovietologist in the federal Office of Technology Assessment.

From Washington Post