# Alexander Hill, PhD, MA (Cantab), DipRus, PGCE

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## Alexander Hill, PhD, MA (Cantab), DipRus, PGCE

PhD University of Cambridge

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### Areas of Research

**Soviet military history**\
The military, naval and wider strategic history of the Soviet Union, particularly from 1928-1991

**The Second World War**\
British and German military history of the Second World War - MA-level only

**Soviet military and naval policy**\
1917-1991

**The Soviet Union and southern Africa**\
Particularly 1975-1991

### Supervising degrees

**History** - Doctoral: Accepting Inquiries

**History** - Masters: Accepting Inquiries

**History** - Masters: Accepting Inquiries

**Military, Security and Strategic Studies** - Doctoral: Accepting Inquiries

**Military, Security and Strategic Studies** - Masters: Accepting Inquiries

**Military, Security and Strategic Studies** - Masters: Accepting Inquiries

### Working with this supervisor

For Soviet and German topics, applicants must have a basic reading knowledge of Russian and German respectively when they start their studies, and have a good reading knowledge of the language by the time they start their research.

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