# Isabel de Madariaga

> Isabel Margaret de Madariaga was a British historian who specialised on Russia in the 18th century and Catherine the Great. She published six books on Russia and is credited for changing the perception of Catherine the Great amongst Russian and Western scholars. Born to a Spanish diplomat and a Scottish economic historian, she was taught at 16 schools during her childhood and earned a first-class honours degree in Russian language and literature at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). De Madariaga worked for BBC Monitoring in the Second World War, and was a civil servant at the Ministry of Information and HM Treasury. She held a series of part-time posts at the London School of Economics, was secretary on the editorial board of The Slavonic and East European Review, co-founded the Government and Opposition journal's editorial board and was a lecturer at the University of Sussex, Lancaster University and the SSEES.

*British Historian (1919-2014)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1919
- **Died:** 2014-06-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Isabel de Madariaga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Madariaga)
- [ايزابيل دى ماداراجا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7)
- [Isabel de Madariaga](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Madariaga)
- [Мадарьяга, Изабель де](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%B4%D0%B5)
- [Isabel de Madariaga](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Madariaga)
- [Isabel de Madariaga](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Madariaga)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4274259)

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