I am a historian of World War II, with a specialization in the Soviet Union's Red Army. My manuscript explores the Red Army's encounter with Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Austria during the last year of the war, with a focus on explaining Soviet-perpetrated sexual violence. My second major project, still in the research phase, deals with how the Soviet armed forces responded to the Holocaust across the Eastern Front. My research is based on archival and personal sources from Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, Germany, and the USA. My approach as a military historian is to illuminate my subject matter from multiple perspectives; from the standpoint of frontline soldiers, military commanders in the field, the high political and military leadership in Moscow, and allied armies and civilians who experienced Soviet liberation and military rule.