Serhii Plokhii

Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University

**Serhii Plokhii** (Ukrainian: Сергій Миколайович Плохій; born 23 May 1957) is a historian and author specializing in the history of Ukraine, Eastern Europe and Cold War studies. He is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University, where he also serves as the director of the [**Ukrainian Research Institute.**](http://www.huri.harvard.edu "")