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PAPERBACK ISBN: 0-88258-175-9 $25.95 Pub Date: 1986	Russia and the Negro: Blacks in Russian History and Thought by Allison Blakely Winner of the Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award of 1988, this groundbreaking study of the Black presence in Imperial and Soviet Russia provides an intriguing and comprehensive look at native Russians of African descent and black immigrants to the region. Russia and the Negro: Blacks in Russian History And Thought looks at the dark-skinned, woolly headed Colchians of the Black Sea region to the celebrated military engineer Abraham Hannibal and his descendant, 19th-century writer Alexander Pushkin. Blakely also scrutinizes the Soviet perception of America’s racial problems and Soviet/African relations as revealed in Russian art, literature, ideology, and politics. About the Author Allison Blakely has published numerous articles on the Soviet perception of Blacks and on Russian and Soviet history, including several entries in the Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History. He is currently the George and Joyce Wein Professor of African American Studies and Professor of European and Comparative History at Boston University. Advance Comments "A thought-provoking book that provides a fascinating footnote to history." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "This is a well-researched, well-written book which makes an important contribution to the history of black people and to the history of Russia and the Soviet Union." —African Studies Review


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