Recollections of family and education in Russian emigré communities of Harbin and Tientsin, China; emigration to United States, 1938, education at University of Oregon, Harvard, and Oxford, as Rhodes Scholar; World War II service; teaching at State University of Iowa History Dept., 1949-1957; marriage, family, Russian Orthodox Church, interest in sports; professor of history, University of California, Berkeley since 1957: discussion of departmental governance, unrest in 1960s and 1970s; service as chairman of the Dept. of History (1967-1969) and chairman of Graduate Council (1970-1973); teaching, research and writing in Russian history and culture; visits to the Soviet Union and Russia.