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Alexey Bessudnov

@alexeyb.bsky.social

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University of Exeter

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Alexey Bessudnov @alexeyb.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

My review of the studies that used digital trace data in Russia has been published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies: doi.org/10.1525/cpcs...

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Researching Russia with Digital Trace Data

The Russo-Ukrainian war and the deterioration of the relationship between Russia and the West made the application of traditional social science research methods, such as surveys and fieldwork, diffic...

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Alexey Bessudnov @alexeyb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The paper on Russian miltitary fatalities has now been published in Demography. Our estimate for 2022-23 is about 60,000 killed. This is the lower bound based on official Russian mortality statistics, but it's probably closer to the true number than much higher estimates from 'intelligence sources'

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Alexey Bessudnov @alexeyb.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

That was the Great Chinese Famine of 1959-61, with an estimated death toll of between 15 and 55 million people. It was the first time I'd heard about it, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one who didn't know. Just shows how little we really know about China and Chinese history (2/2)

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Alexey Bessudnov @alexeyb.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Today I was preparing for a class and noticed a sharp notch on the curve for global life expectancy in the late 1950s - early 1960s, about twice the size of the Covid decrease. I couldn't immediate think of a reason for it so had to google (1/2)

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Alexey Bessudnov @alexeyb.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Just migrated from Twitter!

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