The Black Russian
Guest: Vladimir Alexandrov on The Black Russian published by Grove Press.
The Podcast theme song is by Petr Leshchenko, 1898-1954, the avowed “King of Russian Tango.”
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Socialism: Past, Present, and Future
Nuclear Fallout: Science and Society in Eurasia
Spying, Archiving, Reporting: Information in Eastern Europe
“We Shall Refashion Life on Earth!” Youth in Eurasia
Central Asia
Russian Revolution
Stalinism
US-Russia Relations
Previous Episodes
The Nobility and the Russian Novel
February 28, 2020
Bella Grigoryan on Noble Subjects: The Russian Novel and the Gentry, 1762-1861 published by Northern Illinois University Press.
After the Colored Revolution
February 19, 2020
Guest: Vasili Rukhadze on post-colored revolution regimes.
Exposing Chernobyl
February 7, 2020
Guest: Kate Brown on Manual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future published by Norton.
Nuclear Bombs and Bomb Shelters
January 17, 2020
Guest: Edward Geist on Armageddon Insurance: Civil Defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991 published by University of North Carolina Press.
Russia in Global Affairs
January 7, 2020
Guest: Fyodor Lukyanov on Russia in the Middle East: Viewpoints, Policies, Strategies published by East View.
Ivan the Terrible
December 30, 2019
Guest: Charles Halperin on Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish published by University of Pittsburgh Press.
The Stuff of Red Army Soldiers
December 18, 2019
Guest: Brandon Schechter on The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects published by Cornell University Press.
Russia, China and Inbetween
December 7, 2019
Guest: Ed Pulford on Mirrorlands: Russia, China, and Journeys in Between published by Hurst.
The Collective Farm
November 17, 2019
Guests: Aaron Hale-Dorrell, Kristy Ironside, and Samantha Lomb on the collective farm system in the USSR.
