Bio/research interests: My research centers on the Sino-Russian border region. I am especially interested in how interpersonal relations along the Sino-Russian border reflect, shape, and contradict Sino-Russian bilateral relations. 

Konstantin is pursuing a BSE in Computer Science and certificates in this program as well as in Jazz Studies. Of Russian and American heritage, he cares deeply about mending the divide between the two nations. Previous research has included the mausoleum and memory of Lenin in modern Russia, Russian and American colonialism in Alaska, and the…

Senior Thesis Title: Louis Fischer, Walter Duranty, and Gareth Jones: Case Studies of American and British Journalism on the Ukrainian Famine, 1932-1933

My primary research interests are Military Strategy and Tactics, World War II, Nuclear Power, and the Soviet Union. I find particular interest in how all three of these topics intersect and were affected by one another.

Senior Thesis Title (working): Origins of Nuclear Power in Ukraine: Why did the U.S.S.R. Invest so Heavily into Ukrainian Nuclear Power?