Russell Zguta


Russell Zguta is an American historian, educator, and professor emeritus at the University of Missouri.

Early life and education

He received his bachelor's degrees in history from Saint Francis University in 1964, and his masters and doctorate from Pennsylvania State University.

Career

Zguta's research has focused on the medieval and early modern cultural history of the East Slavs, including the Belarusians, Russians, and Ukrainians.
In 1979, Choice magazine included his book Russian Minstrels: A History of the Skomorokhi in its Outstanding Academic Books list for that year. His other publications include "Witchcraft Trials in Seventeenth-Century Russia" in The American Historical Review ; "The One-Day Votive Church: A Religious Response to the Black Death in Early Russia" in Slavic Review ; and the "Monastic Medicine in Kievan Rus' and Early Muscovy" chapter in Medieval Russian Culture.
While at the University of Missouri, Zguta chaired multiple departments: History, Economics, and Romance Literature. In 1990, he received the university's Purple Chalk Award "for exemplary teaching and advising".
In October 2016, the Central Slavic Conference, a regional affiliate of Association for Slavic, [East European, and Eurasian Studies |ASEEES], presented Zguta with its presidential award for "his lifetime of support of the Central Slavic Conference and untiring promotion of Slavic studies".

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