Douglas Smith (writer) explained

Douglas Smith is an American writer, historian and translator best known for his books about the history of Russia.

Smith was born and raised in Minnesota.^[1] After studying German and Russian at the University of Vermont, he earned a PhD in History from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has also worked for the US Department of State in the Soviet Union, and as a Russia analyst for Radio Free Europe.

Smith lives in Seattle with his wife and their two children.^[2]

Bibliography

• The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
• Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
• Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}
• The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia. Yale University Press, 2008.
• Love and Conquest: Personal Correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin. Northern Illinois University Press, 2004.
• Working the Rough Stone: Freemasonry and Society in Eighteenth-Century Russia. Northern Illinois University Press, 1999.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Author of Rasputin, Former People, The Pearl and more - Douglas Smith.
2. Web site: Douglas Smith - Authors - Macmillan.
3. Web site: Rasputin review – how myth and murder created a Russian legend. Braithwaite. Rodric. 6 November 2016. The Guardian. Rodric Braithwaite.
4. Web site: ‘Rasputin’ Unravels the Myths of the ‘Mad Monk’. Myers. Steven Lee. 29 December 2016. The New York Times.
5. Web site: How author Douglas Smith discovered the real Rasputin. Maclean's. Patricia. Treble. 19 November 2016.
6. Web site: RASPUTIN by Douglas Smith - Kirkus Reviews.
7. Web site: Making a Man of the Mad Monk . Los Angeles Review of Books. Boris. Dralyuk. 23 November 2016.
8. Web site: Rasputin: Faith, Power and the Twilight of the Romanovs by Douglas Smith. DeGroot. Gerard. 29 October 2016. The Times.
9. Web site: Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs. Publishers Weekly.
10. Web site: Grigory Rasputin: full of ecstasy and fire. Stephen. Lovell. The Times Literary Supplement. 17 February 2017.
11. Web site: Former People: The Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith – review. Braithwaite. Rodric. 18 November 2012. The Guardian.
12. Web site: Former People: The Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith: review. Hobson. Charlotte. 10 December 2012. The Telegraph.
13. Web site: FORMER PEOPLE by Douglas Smith - Kirkus Reviews.
14. Web site: Former People. 12 November 2012. The New Yorker.
15. Web site: Among the Ghosts of Imperial Russia. 2 November 2012. The New York Times. Liesl. Schillinger.
16. Web site: Former People: The Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith. Hastings. Max. 21 October 2012. The Times. Max Hastings.