Welcome to Chechnya
Guest: David France on his film Welcome To Chechnya.
March 5, 2021
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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
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
Ukrainian Civil War
Off to an Unquiet Eastern Front
By William Risch On June 23, Kyiv sent over 500 men off to the battlefields of eastern Ukraine. Outside the city well over 400 soldiers,
June 25, 2014
Ukraine’s Refugees
One of the hidden aspects of the crisis in Ukraine is the growing number of refugees internally displaced and fleeing to Russia. This is a
June 24, 2014
Those Alleged Three Russian Tanks
The media is abuzz with claims that Russia has sent three T-64 tanks over the border in Ukraine. Reports the Wall Street Journal: The North
June 15, 2014
“This is Not My War” – A Voice From Slavyansk
Translation and introduction by William Risch. A friend of the Facebook group, Euromaidan News in English, sent this report from Sloviansk, Ukraine, the scene of
June 10, 2014