October 24, 2016
Memory
Soviet Nostalgia in the South Caucasus
Guest: Maxim Edwards on historical memory in the south Caucasus.
July 22, 2016
May 7, 2015
Russian Culture Under Putin and Ukraine’s Historical Memory Laws
Guests: Eliot Borenstein on Russian culture; John-Paul Himka on Ukraine’s historical memory laws.
April 23, 2015
Ukrainian-Russian Relations in Historical Perspective and Putin as Improviser
Guests:
Faith Hillis on her article is “Intimacy and Antipathy: Ukrainian-Russian Relations in Historical Perspective” published in Kritika.
Andrew Weiss on”Putin the Improviser” in the Wall Street Journal.
February 27, 2015
Lenin’s Down
The last Lenin fell in Kiev today. According to Buzzfeed’s Max Seddon: The right-wing nationalist Svoboda party, one of the three major opposition groups, claimed
December 8, 2013
Restoring Dzerzhinsky
There are good ideas. There are bad ideas. Then there are really, really bad ideas. It seems that the Moscow city government might embrace the
October 11, 2013
Stalin as Victory’s Unwanted Guest
This week’s Russia Magazine! column, “Victory’s Essential, but Unwanted Guest,” Victory Day is Russia’s most sacred holiday. The day marks Russia’s most traumatic moment in
May 9, 2013
Remembering Victims of Political Repression
In Russia, October 30 is the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, and to commemorate the day I thought I would provide
October 30, 2012
