Conquering Nature in Sakhalin and the Arctic
Guests: Paul Josephson and Sharyl Corrado on conquering nature, settlement, and Russian expansion in the Arctic and Sakhalin.
February 19, 2021
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From Soso to Stalin
Guest: Ronald Suny on Stalin: Passage to Revolution published by Princeton University Press.
February 12, 2021
Watering the Soviet Lands
Guests: Maya Peterson and Christopher Ward on water and the environment in the Soviet Union.
February 5, 2021
The Texel Uprising
Guest: Eric Lee on Night of the Bayonets: The Texel Uprising and Hitler’s Revenge – April-May 1945 published by Greenhill Books.
January 29, 2021
REEES Faculty Spotlight: James Pickett
Faculty Spotlight on the University of Pittsburgh’s historian of Russia and Central Asia–James Pickett.
January 21, 2021
1917 Centennial Series
Rebroadcast: Experiencing the Russian Revolution
Guest: Mark Steinberg on the experience of the Russian Revolution.
August 8, 2020
Rasputin, the Man and the Myth (Rebroadcast)
Guest: Doug Smith on Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs.
July 27, 2019
The Beautiful Story of the Russian Revolution
Guest: Lesley Chamberlain on The Arc of Utopia: The Beautiful Story of the Russian Revolution published by Reaktion Books.
August 31, 2018
The Georgian Democratic Republic
Guest: Eric Lee on The Experiment: Georgia’s Forgotten Revolution, 1918-1921 published by Zed Books.
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March 9, 2018
The Russian Revolution as Utopian Leap in the Open Air of History
Mark Steinberg on the symbolism of angels, wings, and flight in the Russian Revolution.
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December 24, 2017
The Epic of the House of Government
Guest: Yuri Slezkine on The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution.
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November 29, 2017
Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution
Guest: Brendan McGeever on the Bolsheviks and antisemitism.
September 29, 2017
Women, Resistance, and Revolution
Guest:Â Sheila Rowbotham on a lifetime of socialist feminist activism. [spp-player]
September 1, 2017
Russian Peasants in Revolution
Guest: Aaron Retish on peasants in the Russian Revolution.
June 30, 2017
A Life with the Russian Revolution
Guest:Â Alexander Rabinowitch on the Bolsheviks coming to power.
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May 17, 2017