Ilya Afanasyev — D. Phil. in History, National Research University “Higher School of Economics”.

Sergei Agishev — Candidate of Sciences (History), Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Nikolai Bondarko — Doctor of Sciences (Philology), Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Mikhail Dmitriev — Doctor of Sciences (History), Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Andrei Doronin — Candidate of Sciences (History), German Historical Institute Moscow.

Sergei Feodorov — Doctor of Sciences (History), Saint Petersburg State University.

Sergei Ivanov — Doctor of Sciences (History), National Research University «Higher School of Economics».

Maxim Kolpakov — Candidate of Sciences (History), Pskov State University.

Evgeny Khvalkov — PhD, National Research University «Higher School of Economics» (St. Petersburg Campus).

Tatyana Kushch — Doctor of Sciences (History), Ural Federal University.

Mikhail Maizuls — Candidate of Sciences (History), Russian State University for the Humanities.

Anastasia Palamarchuk — Doctor of Sciences (History), Saint Petersburg State University.

Alexandr Sidorov — Doctor of Sciences (History), Institute of World History, of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Vladimir Tyulenev — Doctor of Sciences (History), Ivanovo State University.

Feodor Uspenskii — Doctor of Sciences (Philology), Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Irina Varyash — Doctor of Sciences (History), Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Dmitrii Veber — Candidate of Sciences (History), Saint Petersburg State University.

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