Jeronim Perovi¿ is Professor of Eastern European History in the University of Zurich's Department of History. He specialises in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, as well as the history of the Balkans. He is the author of several monographs, including From Conquest to Deportation: The North Caucasus under Russian Rule (2018), and the editor of several collected volumes, including Cold War Energy: A Transnational History of Soviet Oil and Gas (2017).