Hi, I have a Ph.D. in Russian history. My particular area of research is Russian medieval history and ecclesiastical history, especially medieval Novgorod the Great, but I am broadly interested in wider Russian and Eastern European history, the Mongol Empire, and western European medieval history.

Красота спасёт мир.


Exceptional newcomer
To Mcpaul1998, for his tireless contributions on the early Russian history, do hereby award this token of esteem. --Drieakko 20:05, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of National Merit
I, Alex Bakharev (talk), award you this Barnstar of National Merit for your fine contributions to the articles on medieval Rus Alex Bakharev (talk) 09:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)