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Natalia Telepneva is a Lecturer in International History at the University of Strathclyde's Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences. Her work focuses on Soviet foreign policy, Cold War dynamics in Africa, and the history of socialism in the Global South. She holds a PhD from the London School of Economics (2015) and has taught at prestigious institutions including University of Warwick and LSE.
Her research emphasizes Soviet engagement with African anti-colonial movements, particularly in Portuguese territories. Key projects include analyzing Soviet military training programs and Cold War-era development aid. She co-edited the 2018 Warsaw Pact Intervention in the Third World and is currently researching Soviet-African relations post-1974. Funded by the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017-2020), her work integrates oral histories from Guinea-Bissau with archival research.
- Teaches courses on Soviet Union history, Russian Revolution, and Africa's Cold War
- Peer reviewer for Journal of Southern African Studies, Global Studies Quarterly, and others
- Organized the 2025 'Globalising Independence Struggles' conference
Publications include Cold War Liberation (2022) and co-edited volumes on Soviet-Central European diplomacy in Africa. Her research bridges Cold War espionage, decolonization processes, and transnational solidarity networks.
