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Nicholas B. Breyfogle

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1998
Soviet and Russian HistoryColonialism, slavery, and tradeEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military StrategiesReligion and Society InteractionsIndigenous Studies and Ecology

Publications

38

Citations

160

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

29

Publishing since 1998

Research summary
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Nicholas B. Breyfogle studies the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, with a particular focus on how people interacted with the natural environment (rivers, lakes, and land) across the empire and its successor states. His work also touches on religion, colonial expansion, and how Soviet society responded to disasters. Students interested in Russian/Soviet history, environmental history, or the history of empire and religion may find his work relevant.

Russian and Soviet historyEnvironmental historyEmpire and colonialismReligion and societyWater and natural resources

Publication output was concentrated around 2018-2019 with a few items per year, but has slowed considerably since 2021, with no recorded outputs in most recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.2/year recently
172018: 3 publications3182019: 3 publications3192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication21222324252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University)×2
  • Cornell University Press eBooks×2
  • Water Research×1
  • University of Pittsburgh Press eBooks×1
  • The Journal of Interdisciplinary History×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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