Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine
Guests: Valerie Kivelson and Christine Worobec on witches, magic, spells in their new sourcebook Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000–1900 published by Cornell University Press.
February 26, 2021
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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
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
Russian Revolution
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
Life and Times of Vladimir Dzhunkovsky
Guest: Richard Robbins on Overtaken by the Night: One Russian’s Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
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February 9, 2018
The Russian Revolution as Past Made Present
Mikhail Zygar’s The Empire Must Die provides a narrative timeline for the Russian Revolution as an allegory for Russia’s present.
December 24, 2017
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
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
Experiencing the Russian Revolution
Guest: Mark Steinberg on the experience of the Russian Revolution.
April 3, 2017
March 20, 2017