Sasha Zborovsky is a second-year PhD student studying mid-to-late 20th century Soviet Jewish history. Her work examines the diaspora of almost two million Jews from the former Soviet Union since 1970. She investigates Soviet Jews’ desire to depart and the cultural, social, and economic circumstances fueling that aspiration.
Education
B.A., History, English Literature (honors), summa cum laude, The Ohio State University, 2020
Research Interests
Soviet and Russian History
Transnational Jewish History
Nationalism and Migration
Courses Taught
History 333 – The Napoleonic Era & Tolstoy (Spring 2022; P. Holquist)
History 135 – The Cold War: A Global History 1945-1991 (Fall 2021; B. Nathans)