Now Russian scholars are going into the archives.
Russian and German scholars have been declaring themselves neutral, leaving the bickering to the politicians, which ultimately makes sense.
The most predictable impulse after the fall of communism was Russian scholars' desire to fill in the gaps of their history.
Many Russian scholars specializing in Transcaucasia received their education at the institute.
And it is not clear that either foreign or Russian scholars will soon gain the access to the archives that he enjoyed.
Russian scholars have disputed this retroactivity issue at length.
Russian and international scholars and demographers have warned of the perils for years.
Recent research by Russian scholars disputes this interpretation.
French was helped by Russian scholars when preparing the latter two texts.
However, the official figures have been disputed by Russian scholars.