Rex Arvin Wade (born October 9, 1936)Frances C. Locher, ''Contemporary Authors: Includes, Volumes 61-64'' (Gale, 1976; ), p. 578. is an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

and author who has written extensively about the

1917 Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and adopt a socialist form of government ...

. He has taught courses in

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

and

Soviet history The history of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (USSR) reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world. Though the terms "Soviet Russia" and "Soviet Union" often are synonymous in everyday speech (either acknowledging the dominance ...

George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was orig ...

since 1986.

Career

Born in

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, Wade taught at Wisconsin State University, LaCrosse from 1963–68, the

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from 1968–86, and as visiting professor at the

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, and

Portland State University Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades ...

, before joining the George Mason faculty in 1986. Wade has authored numerous books on the subject of the 1917 February and

October revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key mome ...

s, among which include: *''The Russian Search for Peace, 1917'' (1969); *''Red Guards and Workers' Militias in the Russian Revolution'' (1984); *''The Russian Revolution, 1917'' (2000); *''The Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War'' (2001). *''Revolutionary Russia: New Approaches to the Russian Revolution of 1917'' (2004). He co-edited ''Politics and Society in Provincial Russia: Saratov, 1590-1917'' (1989), and edited ''Documents of Soviet History'' (Vol. I, 1991; Vol. II, 1992, Vol. III, 1994). He retired in 2006 but is currently planning a book, ''The Long Revolution: Russia 1880-1930''.

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Rex Wade GMU Faculty profile
21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Historians of Russia George Mason University faculty 1936 births Living people American male non-fiction writers {{Russia-studies-bio-stub