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Sovietologist

British  
/ ˌsəʊvɪəˈtɒlədʒɪst, ˌsɒv- /

noun

  1. a person who has studied the political policies and developments of the former Soviet government

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Although little known outside Sovietologist circles before he became leader in 1985, he quickly became a dominant and charismatic figure on the world stage.

From Seattle Times

To George F. Kennan, the distinguished American diplomat and Sovietologist, Mr. Gorbachev was “a miracle,” a man who saw the world as it was, unblinkered by Soviet ideology.

From New York Times

Widely known for “The Great Terror,” a study of Stalin’s 1930s atrocities, this distinguished Sovietologist was equally distinguished as a poet.

From Washington Post

She was divorced from Yuri Olkhovsky, a George Washington University Sovietologist and a supporter of Russian dissidents; and the widow of David Chavchavadze, a descendant of the Romanov dynasty, which ruled Imperial Russia for 300 years.

From Washington Post

He met Lubin in the 1980s when she was a Sovietologist in the federal Office of Technology Assessment.

From Washington Post