On Saturday, July 13, Dr. Eric Lohr presented “Russia’s Great War and Revolution” as a part of the Russian History Museum’s Second Saturday online lecture series.

In his lecture, Dr. Eric Lohr reinterpreted Russia’s World War I experience and explained that the war was the primary cause of what Dr. Lohr calls the Great Demobilization and State Collapse of 1917.

In the Q&A session, Dr. Lohr showed rare images of the WWI era, which are now part of the Russian History Museum collection.

About the Speaker

Eric Lohr is the author of Russian Citizenship: From Empire to Soviet Union (Harvard University Press, 2012) and Nationalizing the Russian Empire: The Campaign Against Enemy Aliens during World War I (Harvard University Press, 2003). His recent review essay "The Bolshevik Revolution is Over" appeared in the Journal of Modern History. He is currently writing Russian Autocracy: A History and The Brothers Trubetskoi: Liberals between Tsar and Revolution.

Lohr received his M.A. in Russian Studies and Ph.D. in History from Harvard University, where he also served as an assistant professor of History. He is chair of the History Department and James H. Billington Chair of Russian History and Culture at American University.