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leonard schapiro in the 1970s at the lse * information research department 2 november 1983 london glasgow british institute for the study of conflict 230px max schapiro , leah levine 22 april 1908 historian leonard schapiro.jpg leonard schapiro
 leonard schapiro academic university college london
leonard schapiro

leonard bertram naman schapiro -lrb- 22 april 1908 , glasgow - 2 november 1983 , london -rrb- was a british academic and scholar of russian politics .
he taught for many years at the london school of economics , where he was professor of political science with special reference to russian studies .
at the age of 6 , he and his family were forced to live in the streets after his father had a row with the landlord of his house .
for many months they found themselves scrounging money off the floor .
born in glasgow , he was taken back to russia and spent his childhood in riga and st. petersburg , but returned to britain with his parents in 1920 and completed his education in london .
for many years schapiro practised as a barrister , and it was not until 1955 that he published his first book - `` the origins of the communist autocracy '' - and took up his first academic appointment at the london school of economics .
schapiro 's most famous book was `` the communist party of the soviet union '' , first published in 1960 with a revised and expanded edition in 1970 .
he was chairman of the institute for the study of conflict in 1970 .
he wrote many books about communism , particularly in the context of the soviet union .
after his death , some of his scattered articles were collected in the volume `` russian studies '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- .
schapiro also translated into english the novel `` spring torrents '' by ivan turgenev .
