Andrei Vinogradov

Researcher
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Humans and Environment

About

Andrei Vinogradov is an environmental historian focusing on Russia, the USSR and the post-Soviet space. In 2024, he defended his PhD in Eastern European history at Munich’s Ludwig Maximilian University. His current research project is devoted to the climate history of the Greater Altai region from 1950 to 2020.

Work focus

  • Adaptation to climate change in highland areas

  • Russia’s environmental history

  • Climate history of the Greater Altai

Functions (on committees)/memberships

  • Member of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEH)

Teaching

As a senior lecturer and assistant professor, Andrei Vinogradov has designed and taught courses on the history of 20th century Russia, the history of Tatarstan, global history and Russia’s environmental history.

Current topic of research

The project focuses on the Greater Altai and aims to rethink the impact of climate change on populations living at the periphery through the concept of the »vertical climate frontier«. This term refers to the climate-induced advance of state power and colonial practices in highland regions.

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