Simon FranklinSimon Franklin is Emeritus Professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge. His recent books include The Russian Graphosphere, 1450–1850 (Cambridge University Press, 2019), winner of the ASEEES/USC Prize for an outstanding monograph in lterary and cultural studies, and Information and Empire: Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600–1850 (coedited with Katherine Bowers, 2017). Read More Read Less