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Queer history (imperial and soviet)
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Published in the October 2025 issue!
“The Recriminalization of Homosexuality under Stalin: New Sources, New Answers”
Irina Roldugina
*Open Access*
doi.org/10.1111/russ...
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’ve submitted a few pieces for publication recently, but one stands out—it’s truly mind-blowing in terms of sources, argument, and public significance. A tough topic, but what a joy for historian to make something truly important.
March 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I can’t help but post one more—such harmony in every detail.
February 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Working in the Bodleian for the first time since graduation! Nothing has changed. My favourite thing, apart from the vast collection, is the scent of books and the smell of aged wood used throughout the interior. Cannot be found elsewhere.
February 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I miss working with 18th-century Russian archival stuff.
February 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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I translated Meduza's interview with historian Irina Roldugina and cultural theorist Katerina Suverina about Soviet failures on the HIV epidemic. A real tragedy, given the advantage the USSR should have had with a healthcare philosophy more progressive than America's.

meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The USSR recorded its first HIV infections three years earlier than most people think. Why didn’t it help stop the spread? Meduza asks Irina Roldugina and Katerina Suverina, authors of the new book ‘O...
In early December, the publishing house Individuum released a book titled “Outbreak: The Unknown History of HIV in the USSR,” coauthored by historian Irina Roldugina and cultural theorist Katerina Suv...
meduza.io
December 13, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Ahead of #LGBTplusHM25 in February, Dr Irina Roldugina (Russian Dept) introduces her @leverhulme.bsky.social project which examines how open discussions of sexuality & trans experiences were in the Soviet Union during the HIV/AIDS epidemic

Read more about the fascinating project 👉 bit.ly/3EfaiZU
January 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM