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The Eurasian Knot

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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 and informative interviews on Eurasia’s complex past, present, and future. New episodes drop weekly with an eclectic mix of topics from punk rock to Putin, and everything in-between. Subscribe on your favorite podcasts app, grab your headphones, hit play, and tune in. Eurasia will never appear the same.

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Episodes

Communist Neverland at the Russian International Children’s Home

Guest: Elizabeth McGuire on “Communist Neverland: New Research on a Russian International Children's Home, 1933-1991.” The post Communist Neverland at the Russian International Children’s Home appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Oct 23, 201838 min

Decolonization and Development in Soviet Tajikistan

Guest: Artemy Kalinovsky on The Laboratory of Socialist Development: Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan published by Cornell University Press. The post Decolonization and Development in Soviet Tajikistan appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Oct 13, 20181 hr 2 min

Communism, Youth and Generation

Guest: Matthias Neumann on communism, youth, and generation. The post Communism, Youth and Generation appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 07, 201853 min

Rich Russians

Guest: Elisabeth Schimpfossl on Rich Russians: From Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie published by Oxford University Press. The post Rich Russians appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Oct 01, 201857 min

Kazakh Nomads Under Lenin and Stalin

Guest: Alun Thomas on Nomads a nd Soviet Rule: Central Asia from Lenin to Stalin published by I.B. Tauris. The post Kazakh Nomads Under Lenin and Stalin appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Sep 22, 20181 hr

The Russian Monarchy’s Scenarios of Power

Guest: Richard Wortman on the Russian monarchy, symbolism, and ritual. The post The Russian Monarchy’s Scenarios of Power appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 15, 201846 min

Social-Economic Life in the Donbas

Guest: Brian Milakovsky on the social and economic situation in the Donbas. The post Social-Economic Life in the Donbas appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 07, 20181 hr

The Beautiful Story of the Russian Revolution

Guest: Lesley Chamberlain on The Arc of Utopia: The Beautiful Story of the Russian Revolution published by Reaktion Books. The post The Beautiful Story of the Russian Revolution appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 31, 201844 min

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 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 29, 20181 hr 52 min

Nation, Nationality, and Empire

Guest: Ronald Grigor Suny on nationality, nation, and empire in the Soviet Union. The post Nation, Nationality, and Empire appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 24, 20181 hr 11 min

American-Russian Relations in the 19th Century

Guest: Norman Saul of US-Russian relations in the 19th Century The post American-Russian Relations in the 19th Century appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 19, 201854 min

Soviet Atheism

Guest: Victoria Smolkin on A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism published by Princeton University Press. [spp-player] The post Soviet Atheism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 10, 20181 hr 4 min

The Russian Mafia

Guest: Mark Galeotti on The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia published by Yale University Press. [spp-player] The post The Russian Mafia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 03, 20181 hr 16 min

Psychotherapy and Neoliberalism in Russia

Guest: Tomas Matza on Shock Therapy: Psychology, Precarity and Well-Being in Postsocialist Russia published by Duke University Press. [spp-player] The post Psychotherapy and Neoliberalism in Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 28, 20181 hr 7 min

Chinese Romance with the Russian Revolution

Guest: Elizabeth McGuire on Red at Heart: How Chinese Communists Fell in Love with the Russian Revolution published by Oxford University Press. [spp-player] The post Chinese Romance with the Russian Revolution appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 20, 20181 hr 10 min

Collectivization and Stalinist Perpetrators

Guest: Lynne Viola on the Soviet collectivization of agriculture, resistance, and Stalinist perpetrators. [spp-player] The post Collectivization and Stalinist Perpetrators appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 13, 20181 hr 1 min

The Banya is Everything

Guest: Bryon MacWilliams on With Light Steam: A Personal Journey through the Russian Baths was published by Northern Illinois University Press. [spp-player] The post The Banya is Everything appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 06, 201857 min

Russia’s A Terrible Country

Guest: Keith Gessen on America's Russia Hands and his novel A Terrible Country published by Viking. [spp-player] The post Russia’s A Terrible Country appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 29, 201859 min

Surveillance Valley

Guest: Yasha Levine on Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet published by Public Affairs Books. [spp-player] The post Surveillance Valley appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 18, 20181 hr

Russian Literature and Terrorism

Guest: Lynn Patyk on Written in Blood: Revolutionary Terrorism and Russian Literary Culture published by the University of Wisconsin Press. [spp-player] The post Russian Literature and Terrorism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 09, 201855 min

Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria

Guest : Maxim Suchkov , editor of Al-Monitor’s Russia-Mideast coverage, on Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria. [spp-player] The post Russia, Israel, Iran and Syria appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 01, 201847 min

A Memoir of Misadventures in Moscow

Guest: Michael Idov on Dressed Up for a Riot: Misadventures in Putin’s Moscow published by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. [spp-player] The post A Memoir of Misadventures in Moscow appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 18, 201854 min

Early Soviet Urban Communes

Guest: Andy Willimott on Living the Revolution: Urban Communes & Soviet Socialism, 1917-1931 published Oxford University Press. [spp-player] The post Early Soviet Urban Communes appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 30, 201859 min

Putinomics

Guest: Chris Miller on Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia published by the University of North Carolina Press. [spp-player] The post Putinomics appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 24, 201850 min

The Stalin Constitution

Guest: Samantha Lomb on Stalin’s Constitution: Soviet Participatory Politics and the Discussion of the 1936 Draft Constitution published by Routledge. [spp-player] The post The Stalin Constitution appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 16, 201843 min

The Mitki Art Collective

Guest: Alexandar Mihailovic on The Mitki: The Art of Postmodern Protest in Russia published by University of Wisconsin Press. [spp-player] The post The Mitki Art Collective appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 09, 201851 min

William C. Bullitt in the USSR

Guest: Alexander Etkind on Roads not Taken: An Intellectual Biography of William C. Bullitt published by Pittsburgh University Press. [spp-player] The post William C. Bullitt in the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 02, 201850 min

Russia’s Long Hangover

Guest: Shaun Walker on The Long Hangover: Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past published by Oxford University Press. The post Russia’s Long Hangover appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 23, 201856 min

Boris Savinkov and Russian Terrorism

Guest: Irina Meier on Boris Savinkov and Russian revolutionary terrorism. The post Boris Savinkov and Russian Terrorism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 19, 201844 min

The Georgian Democratic Republic

Guest: Eric Lee on The Experiment: Georgia’s Forgotten Revolution, 1918-1921 published by Zed Books . [spp-player] The post The Georgian Democratic Republic appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 09, 201841 min
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