Karl Schlögel is a historian and a Slavicist. He studied philosophy, sociology, Slavonic studies and history, and worked at various universities. He has been Professor of Eastern European History at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) since 1994. Among his works are Moskau lesen (1984), Berlin, Ostbahnhof Europas (1998), Marjampole oder Europas Wiederkehr aus dem Geist der Städte (2005) and Terror und Traum: Moskau 1937 (2008). In 2015, he published Entscheidung in Kiew. Ukrainische Lektionen.