Edward Carr
Great BritainBiography of Edward H. Carr
Edward Harlet Carr (1892-1982) was a renowned classic of English Sovietology. He received his education at one of the colleges in Cambridge. In recent years, much of the historical literature on the 1920s repeats what Edward Carr had long ago done, but his name is not even mentioned. He graduated from Cambridge College. From 1916 to 1936, he served in the diplomatic service. It was during this time in the British Foreign Ministry that he first encountered the history and politics of the USSR. From 1936 onwards, he worked as a professor at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales and Trinity College, Cambridge. Among his early scholarly works were essays on Marx, Bakunin, Dostoevsky, and Herzen. From 1940 to 1946, he served as the deputy editor of the newspaper "The Times." Carr is the author of a fundamental study, "The History of Soviet Russia," on which he worked for over 30 years (1946-1978). Carr's work consists of 14 volumes, including four works: "The Bolshevik Revolution. 1917-1923" (vols. 1-3), "Interregnum. 1923-1924" (vol. 4), "Socialism in One Country. 1924-1926" (vols. 5-8), and "Foundations of Planned Economy. 1926-1929" (vols. 9-14).
