James Krukones is Associate Academic Vice President and Associate Professor of History at John Carroll University in Cleveland. He is the author of To the People: The Russian Government and the Newspaper Sel'skii vestnik Village Herald," 1881-1917 (Garland, 1988). His articles and reviews have appeared in publications such as the American Historical Review, Slavic Review, Film & History, and the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. Dr. Krukones' teaching areas include Russia, Eastern Europe, and history on film. For the last several years his research has focused on Soviet film and its distribution in the U.S."
