A historian linking Soviet social and Jewish histories
He argued that the war's long-term domestic impact was far more far-reaching than its international implications.
Yaacov Ro'i is an Israeli historian of Soviet Jews, Islam, Middle Eastern policy, and Soviet society. Combining documentary research with social surveys, he traced how state policy shaped national communities and popular political consciousness. The Bleeding Wound analyzes the domestic costs and legacies of the Soviet-Afghan War, using differences between Central Asian and Russian respondents to add evidence to the debate over how far the war contributed to the Soviet collapse.
Career Timeline
- 1954B.A. in History, University of Cambridge
- 1960–1965Research worker, Weizmann Archives
- 1972–1974Lecturer in Russian History, Tel Aviv University
- 1977–1982Director, Russian and East European Research Center, Tel Aviv University
- 1982–1990Associate Professor of Russian History, Tel Aviv University
- 1990–2003Full Professor of Russian History, Tel Aviv University
- 2001–2002Director, Cummings Center, Tel Aviv University
- 2003–Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University