Natalia Ishchenko

Natalia Ishchenko is co-author, along with Ian Fletcher, of the acclaimed The Crimean War: A Clash of Empires. She has also co-written The War in the Crimea: An Illustrated History and The Battle of the Alma. She is also the author of a Russian language work on the Crimean War, Krimskaya Voina 1853-56. Natalia is a professor at the Vernardsky University in the Crimea. She is a doctor of English literature, specialising in Dickens and Thackeray, amongst other. She became a full doctor of literature in 2008 following the publication of her thesis on the mythology surrounding the literature of the Crimean War. Naturally, Natalia adds much Russian insight on our Crimean tours.