In Memoriam: Richard Stites
Published: 12.3.2010
Richard Stites was a renowned and highly respected scholar of Russian history. He was a professor at Georgetown University and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki. He first visited Finland and the Slavonic Library in 1969. Since then, he returned to the Slavonic Library almost annually. His books were largely based on our collection and he helped to spread the reputation of the Slavonic Library far and wide as a treasure trove for scholars of Russian history.
At the turn of 2009-2010, Richard once again arrived in Helsinki to write his latest book, although he was debilitated by illness at the time. He wanted to come because he loved Finland and the Slavonic Library and was naturally also keen to finish his book. Sadly, that was not to be. His final period of work did not last long, as his illness finally took its toll.
The staff of the National Library of Finland remember Richard Stites with affection and wish to express their sympathy to his family.
Irma Reijonen
Librarian
Slavonic Library
Books by Richard Stites:
The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia: Feminism, Nihilism, and Bolshevism, 1860-1930, 1978, 2d ed. 1991
Revolutionary Dreams: Utopian Vision and Social Experiment in the Russian Revolution, 1989, 2d ed. 1991
Russian Popular Culture: Entertainment and Society since 1900, 1992
Culture and Entertainment in Wartime Russia, 1941-1945, 1995
Mass Culture in Soviet Russia, 1995
Serfdom, society, and the arts in Imperial Russia, 2005
An article by Richard Stites on working at the Slavonic Library:
Richard Stites, “Russian Studies at the Slavonic Library,” Universitas Helsingiensis, 1996, Issue 2, 26-27.
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