About John R. Staples John R. Staples is a professor of Russian and Soviet history at the State University of New York at Fredonia. Books by John R. Staples Johann Cornies, the Mennonites, and Russian Colonialism in Southern Ukraine by (author) John R. Staples Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe Letters and Papers of Johann Cornies, Volume II: 1836-1842 edited by Harvey L. Dyck & John R. Staples edited and translated by Ingrid I. Epp Cross-Cultural Encounters on the Ukrainian Steppe Settling the Molochna Basin, 1784-1861 by (author) John R. Staples
