Ettore Cinnella is Professor of Contemporary History and Oriental European History at Pisa’s University, Ettore Cinnella extensively studied Soviet political history. He published for Della Porta editor several essays on Marxist political thoughts and Bolscevich’s revolutionary processes, while in 2016 he explored Holodomor’s and Stalinian totalitarianism issues in two important contributions: Ucraina. Il genocidio dimenticato 1932-1933 and La Russia di Stalin. La formazione del regime totalitario.