Tom Stevens, who has spent much of 2018-19 conducting archival research deep inside Russia (what is Russia if not deep?), has received a 2019-20 Dissertation Research Grant from the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, to continue on-site work on his dissertation, "From Civil Wars to Stalinism: Veterans and Violence in Soviet Tambov." Tom’s committee consists of Peter Holquist (chair), Ben Nathans, and Roger Chartier.