GUARDIAN: REF Smith obituary

"Professor REF Smith, who has died aged 87, was the foremost British historian of medieval Russian agrarian society, and a linguist. These two interests resulted in more than 10 major books: on medieval Russian agriculture and peasantry; several translated works; and a Russian-English Social Science dictionary that went into two editions."

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/jul/05/ref-smith-obituary