Andrei Lankov

Professor Andrei Lankov (2010)

Andrei Nikolaevich Lankov (Russian: Андрей Николаевич Ланьков; born 26 July 1963 in Leningrad) is a Russian scholar of Asia and a specialist in Korean studies. He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Leningrad State University in 1986 and 1989, respectively; He also attended Pyongyang's Kim Il-sung University in 1985. Following his graduate studies, he taught Korean history and language at his alma mater, and in 1992 went to South Korea for work; he moved to Australia in 1996 to take up a post at the Australian National University, and moved back to Seoul to teach at Kookmin University in 2004. Dr. Lankov has a DPRK-themed Livejournal blog in Russian with occasional English posts, where he documents aspects of life in North (and South) Korea, together with his musings and links to his publications. He also writes columns for the English-language daily The Korea Times.

Publications

• Andrei Lankov (October 2003). From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945-1960. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813531179. 
• Andrei Lankov. (December 2004). Crisis in North Korea: The Failure of De-Stalinization, 1956. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0824828097. 
• A. N. Lanʹkov. (2005) (in Russian). КНДР вчера и сегодня: Неформальная история Северной Кореи (The DPRK Yesterday and Today: An Unofficial History of North Korea). Vostok-Zapad. ISBN 5478000604. 
• Lanʹkov A. N. (2006) (in Russian). Быть корейцем (Being Korean). Vostok-Zapad. ISBN 5170324812. 
• Andrei Lankov. (April 2007). North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea. McFarland and Company. ISBN 0786428392. 
• Andrei Lankov. (2008). The Dawn of Modern Korea. EunHaeng NaMu publishing. ISBN 978-8956602141. 
• Andrei Lankov. (2009). Август, 1956 год. Кризис в Северной Корее (August 1956, A Crisis in North Korea).. ROSSPEN. ISBN 978-5-8243-0907-2. 

External links

• North Korea's missionary position by Andrei Lankov, Asia Policy
• The Natural Death of North Korean Stalinism by Andrei Lankov, Asia Policy (January 2006)
• Pyongyang Strikes Back: North Korean Policies of 2002–08 and Attempts to Reverse "De-Stalinization from Below" by Andrei Lankov, Asia Policy (July 2009)