Victoria Smolkin

9 Podcast Episodes

‘Fantasy is not history’: Historian Victoria Smolkin assesses Putin’s claim that modern-day Ukraine is a ‘gift’ from the Bolsheviks

‘Fantasy is not history’: Historian Victoria Smolkin assesses Putin’s claim that modern-day Ukraine is a ‘gift’ from the Bolsheviks

On February 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin delivered a 56-minute televised national address that ended with his announcement t... Read more

13 Mar 2022

7mins

Episode 13: Godless Communists and Red Weddings in the Soviet Union, with Dr. Victoria Smolkin

Episode 13: Godless Communists and Red Weddings in the Soviet Union, with Dr. Victoria Smolkin

Today we talk about what happens when a government tries to create an atheist society. This was attempted at various tim... Read more

28 May 2021

1hr 15mins

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294 - Victoria Smolkin (A History of Soviet Atheism)

294 - Victoria Smolkin (A History of Soviet Atheism)

I interview Victoria Smolkin, author of A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism. State-enforced athei... Read more

26 Jan 2020

1hr 28mins

Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

The specter of the “Godless” Soviet Union haunted the United States and continental Western Europe throughout the Cold W... Read more

11 Dec 2018

59mins

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Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

The specter of the “Godless” Soviet Union haunted the United States and continental Western Europe throughout the Cold W... Read more

11 Dec 2018

59mins

Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

The specter of the “Godless” Soviet Union haunted the United States and continental Western Europe throughout the Cold W... Read more

11 Dec 2018

59mins

Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

The specter of the “Godless” Soviet Union haunted the United States and continental Western Europe throughout the Cold W... Read more

11 Dec 2018

59mins

Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

The specter of the “Godless” Soviet Union haunted the United States and continental Western Europe throughout the Cold W... Read more

11 Dec 2018

59mins

A Sacred Space is Never Empty: Interview with Victoria Smolkin

A Sacred Space is Never Empty: Interview with Victoria Smolkin

Many have claimed atheism was only incidental to the operation of communism under Lenin, Stalin and the old Soviet Union... Read more

20 Nov 2018

51mins

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