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
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The Gangs of Russia
Guest: Svetlana Stephenson on Gangs of Russia, From the Streets to the Corridors of Power published by Cornell University Press.
March 29, 2016
Sincerely Yours, Yakemenko
Former Nasi all-father Vasilli Yakemenko is back with a new group, Sincerely Yours. Does it have a future?
May 21, 2013
Putin’s Unmoored Youth
This week’s Russia Magazine! column, “The Kids Aren’t Alright,” “Who has the youth has the future!” Martin Luther declared. As object-subjects of modern states, youth
May 16, 2013
Orthodoxy’s Young Street Fighting Men?
Just when you thought Pussy Riot would fade into the media ether (Gazeta.ru removed its “Pussy Riot Affair” link from its main page, after all.),
August 31, 2012
On Shattered Selves and Young Communists
My article, “The Shattered Self of Komsomol Civil War Memoirs,” has come out in the Fall 2012 issues of the Slavic Review. You can download
August 28, 2012
Nashi is Dead! Long Live . . . ?
Russian translation of this post, courtesy of Inosmi. Update on the Update: More on the Nashi website “403 Forbidden.” Alexey Sidorenko tweeted “for some time
April 7, 2012
Children’s Choir of the USSR
More holiday catch-up. BBC Documentaries did a program on the Children’s Choir of the USSR. A good way to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the
January 4, 2012
The New Decembrists
Some of you may know that I’ve started writing op-eds on Russia for Al-Jazeera English. Here’s an snippet of my latest on the Russian elections:
December 8, 2011