Watering the Soviet Lands
Guests: Maya Peterson and Christopher Ward on water and the environment in the Soviet Union.
February 5, 2021
University of Pittsburgh Press
Ivan the Terrible
Guest: Charles Halperin onĀ Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish published by University of Pittsburgh Press.
December 30, 2019
The Stories Polish Secret Police Files Tell Us
Guest: Anna Krakus on the stories Polish police files tell us.
May 31, 2019
Russian Nationalism
Guest: Marlene Laruelle on Russian Nationalism: Imaginaries, Doctrines, and Political Battlefields,Ā published by Routledge, and her edited collection Entangled Far Rights: A Russian-European Intellectual Romance in the 20th Century, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
March 10, 2019
Transcript: Russian Nationalism
Partial transcript of my interview with Marlene Laruelle on Russian nationalism.
March 8, 2019
William C. Bullitt in the USSR
Guest:Ā Alexander EtkindĀ onĀ Roads not Taken: An Intellectual Biography of William C. Bullitt published by Pittsburgh University Press.
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April 2, 2018
Life and Times of Vladimir Dzhunkovsky
Guest: Richard Robbins onĀ Overtaken by the Night: One Russianās Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
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February 9, 2018
Daughter of the Cold War
Guest: Grace Kennan Warnecke on growing up in George F. Kennan’s shadow.
November 8, 2017
Early Soviet Rule in Tajikistan
Guest: Botakoz Kassymbekova onĀ Despite Cultures: Early Soviet Rule in Tajikistan.
June 8, 2017
The Force of Custom in Kyrgyzstan
Guest: Judith Beyer onĀ The Force of Custom: Law and the Ordering of Everyday Life in Kyrgyzstan.
May 31, 2017
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