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J. Arch Getty (1949-2025) was Distinguished Research Professor of History at UCLA, specializing in Stalin-era Soviet politics. His archival work revolutionized understanding of the Great Purges by revealing the Communist Party's organizational chaos and regional fragmentation.
Getty pioneered access to Soviet archives during glasnost, establishing the Russian Publications Series that produced essential research guides. His quantitative analysis of repression statistics with Zemskov and Rittersporn remains definitive.
Major works include Origins of the Great Purges (1985) debunking totalitarian models and Practicing Stalinism (2014) tracing continuities with pre-revolutionary political culture. He received UCLA's Faculty Research Lectureship in 2016.
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- NEH Fellowship
- Boston College Alumni Award
- UCLA Distinguished Teacher Award
Getty mentored generations of Soviet historians through the Praxis International project and UCEAP Moscow Center.
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