Bernard Pares

Sir Bernard Pares
Pares in Russia during World War I
Born	(1867-03-01)1 March 1867 Albury, Surrey, England
Died	17 April 1949(1949-04-17) (aged 82) New York City, US
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	Historian, diplomat
Known for	His work on Russian history and literature

Sir Bernard Pares KBE (1 March 1867 – 17 April 1949) was an English historian and diplomat. During the First World War, he was seconded to the Foreign Ministry in Petrograd, Russia, where he reported political events back to London, and worked in propaganda. He returned to London as professor of Russian history. He is best known for his numerous books on Russia, especially his standard textbook, A History of Russia (1926), which had highly detailed coverage of the revolutionary era. He was a very active public speaker in the 1940s in support of Stalin's Soviet Union.