Dr. John Staples, Ph.D.

Teaching Interests

Russian and Soviet history.

Research Interests

Ethno-cultural and ethno-religious minorities in Tsarist Russia, with particular emphasis on Mennonites

Intellectual Contributions

• "Patterson, Sean. Makhno and Memory: Anarchist and Mennonite Narratives of Ukraine’s Civil War, 1917-1921. Reviewed by John Staples," Mennonite Quarterly Review (2021).
• "Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe: Letters and Papers of Johann Cornies, Volume II: 1836-1842," University of Toronto Press (2020).