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Charles J. Halperin

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Soviet and Russian HistoryByzantine Studies and HistoryLinguistics and language evolutionEurasian Exchange NetworksHistorical and Archaeological Studies

Publications

169

Citations

902

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

53

Publishing since 1973

Research summary
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Charles J. Halperin is a historian of medieval and early modern Russia, with a particular focus on the reign of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) and the Muscovite state. Much of his work examines historical concepts and terminology, such as the 'Tatar Yoke' and the idea of the 'Rus' Land,' as well as relations between Russian principalities and Muslim Tatar peoples. He also engages with how Ivan the Terrible has been portrayed in scholarship and fiction.

Reign of Ivan IV and Muscovite RussiaMedieval Rus' history and terminologyRussian-Tatar relations and the Golden HordeHistoriography and historical memoryConcepts of identity and 'otherness' in early Russia

Publication activity has gradually declined over the past decade, from around ten to eleven works per year in the late 2010s to roughly three to five per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.0/year recently
2017: 11 publications11172018: 7 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 5 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Russian History×11
  • Canadian-American Slavic Studies×8
  • Academic Studies Press eBooks×6
  • Golden Horde Review×5
  • Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography×4

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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