Marshall Goldman, an economist and sovietologist, has a good treatment of the subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [Demographics of the Oligarchs, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

WOODRUFF: Let me read you something the New York Times ran an editorial on Thursday and said, "Ms. Rice" -- they were talking about Condoleezza Rice, the president's national security adviser -- "was trained as a sovietologist.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2004] Reference