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The Eurasian Knot

To many, Russia, and the wider Eurasia, is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. But it doesn’t have to be. The Eurasian Knot dispels the stereotypes and myths about the region with lively... Read more

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Stalin’s Last Days

Stalin’s Last Days

Guest: Joshua Rubenstein on The Last Days of Stalin. The post Stalin’s Last Days appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

31 Jul 2017

41mins

Ranked #2

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The Stalinist Film Industry

The Stalinist Film Industry

Guest: Guest: Maria Belodubrovskaya on Not According to Plan: Filmmaking under Stalin published by Cornell University P... Read more

17 Feb 2018

53mins

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The Art of the Bribe Under Stalin

The Art of the Bribe Under Stalin

Guest: James Heinzen on The Art of the Bribe: Corruption under Stalin, 1943-1953. The post The Art of the Bribe Under St... Read more

9 Jan 2017

50mins

Ranked #4

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Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria

Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria

Guest: Maxim Suchkov, editor of Al-Monitor’s Russia-Mideast coverage, on Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria. [spp-player] Th... Read more

1 Jun 2018

46mins

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Stalin, Clans and Terror

Stalin, Clans and Terror

Guest: Arch Getty on Practicing Stalinism: Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition. [spp-player] The post S... Read more

14 Nov 2016

1hr 3mins

Ranked #6

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The Judeo-Bolshevik Myth

The Judeo-Bolshevik Myth

Guest: Paul Hanebrink on A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism published by Harvard University Press.... Read more

24 May 2019

53mins

Ranked #7

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Working Class Life in Anytown Russia

Working Class Life in Anytown Russia

Guest: Jeremy Morris on  Everyday Postsocialism: Working-class Communities in the Russian Margins. The post Working Cl... Read more

30 Jan 2017

59mins

Ranked #8

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Assessing the Russian Military

Assessing the Russian Military

Guest: Michael Kofman on the Russian military. The post Assessing the Russian Military appeared first on The Eurasian Kn... Read more

19 Nov 2017

1hr 1min

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Witnessing the Collapse of Communism

Witnessing the Collapse of Communism

Roundtable discussion marking the 30th anniversary of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Participants include... Read more

2 Aug 2019

1hr 33mins

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Life and Times of Vladimir Dzhunkovsky

Life and Times of Vladimir Dzhunkovsky

Guest: Richard Robbins on Overtaken by the Night: One Russian’s Journey through Peace, War, Revolution, and Terror publi... Read more

9 Feb 2018

58mins

Ranked #11

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The Stalin Constitution

The Stalin Constitution

Guest: Samantha Lomb on  Stalin’s Constitution: Soviet Participatory Politics and the Discussion of the 1936 Draft Const... Read more

16 Apr 2018

43mins

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Stalin’s Purge of the Red Army

Stalin’s Purge of the Red Army

Guest: Peter Whitewood on The Red Army and the Great Terror: Stalin’s Purge of the Soviet Military. [spp-player] The pos... Read more

23 Jan 2017

44mins

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Early Soviet Rule in Tajikistan

Early Soviet Rule in Tajikistan

Guest: Botakoz Kassymbekova on Despite Cultures: Early Soviet Rule in Tajikistan. The post Early Soviet Rule in Tajikist... Read more

8 Jun 2017

39mins

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Russia, China and Inbetween

Russia, China and Inbetween

Guest: Ed Pulford on Mirrorlands: Russia, China, and Journeys in Between published by Hurst. The post Russia, China and... Read more

7 Dec 2019

56mins

Ranked #15

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Remembering Anne Garrels

Remembering Anne Garrels

 Rebroadcast of my 2016 interview with the recently departed Anne Garrels, author of Putin’s Country: A Journey into th... Read more

13 Sep 2022

51mins

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Love, Sex, and Porn in Russia

Love, Sex, and Porn in Russia

Guest: Natalia Antonova on love, sex, and porn in Russia. The post Love, Sex, and Porn in Russia appeared first on The E... Read more

11 May 2016

42mins

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SRB on the Dig Podcast

SRB on the Dig Podcast

Me, your host, on The Dig Podcast. The post SRB on the Dig Podcast appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

29 Aug 2018

1hr 52mins

Ranked #18

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Surveillance Valley

Surveillance Valley

Guest: Yasha Levine on Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet published by Public Affairs Book... Read more

18 Jun 2018

59mins

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