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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

Gulag Memory in Russia’s Far North

Guest: Tyler Kirk on After the Gulag: A History of Memory in Russia's Far North published by Indiana University Press. The post Gulag Memory in Russia’s Far North appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Oct 14, 20241 hr

The Russia That Was Lost

Guest: Pavel Khazanov on The Russia That We Have Lost: Pre-Soviet Past as Anti-Soviet Discourse published by the University of Wisconsin Press. The post The Russia That Was Lost appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Oct 07, 20241 hr 1 min

Free Marc Fogel!

Guest: Ambassador Eric Rubin on the efforts to free Marc Fogel, an American serving 14 years in the Russian prison for possessing 17 g of medical marijuana. The post Free Marc Fogel! appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 30, 20241 hr 3 min

A New History of Northern Eurasia

Guests: Marina Mogilner and Ilya Gerasimov on their new textbook, A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 600–1700: From Russian to Global History published by Bloomsbury. The post A New History of Northern Eurasia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Sep 23, 20241 hr 3 min

The Sound of Socialism, Part 3

Guest: Andrea Bohlman on the curious history of the sound postcard in People's Republic of Poland. The post The Sound of Socialism, Part 3 appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 09, 202447 min

Women in Russian Politics

Guest: Valeria Umanets on women in municipal governance in the Soviet Union and under Putin. The post Women in Russian Politics appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 03, 202446 min

Illiberalism and Civil Society in Hungary

Guest: Daniel Mikecz on Civil Movements in an Illiberal Regime: Political Activism in Hungary published by Central European University Press. The post Illiberalism and Civil Society in Hungary appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 26, 202450 min

The Sound of Socialism, Part 2

Guest: Matthew Kendall on his article “ Room for Noise in Soviet Sound Recording ” in the Winter 2023 issue of the Slavic Review . The post The Sound of Socialism, Part 2 appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 19, 202456 min

The Sound of Socialism, Part 1

Guest: Gabrielle Cornish on the sound of Lenin's voice and other sounds of socialism. The post The Sound of Socialism, Part 1 appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 12, 202457 min

The Eastern International

Guest: Masha Kirasirova on The Eastern International: Arabs, Central Asians, and Jews in the Soviet Union's Anticolonial Empire published by Oxford University Press. The post The Eastern International appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 05, 202457 min

The Soviet Bid to Run the World

Guest: Sergey Radchenko on To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power published by Cambridge University Press. The post The Soviet Bid to Run the World appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 29, 202452 min

The Rise and Fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin

Guests: Anna Arutunyan and Mark Galeotti on their new book Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the New Fight for the Future of Russia published by Penguin. The post The Rise and Fall of Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 01, 20241 hr 10 min

Russians in Latvia

Guest: Kevin Platt on Border Conditions: Russian-Speaking Latvians Between World Orders published by Cornell University Press. The post Russians in Latvia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 24, 202451 min

Ilf and Petrov’s American Road Trip

Guest: Lisa Kirschenbaum on Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists: Ilf and Petrov's American Road Trip published by Cambridge University Press. The post Ilf and Petrov’s American Road Trip appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 17, 202452 min

Soviet Afghan War and Islam

Guest: Vassily Klimentov on A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists, and Islam published by Cornell University Press. The post Soviet Afghan War and Islam appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jun 10, 20241 hr

Populist Elitism in Russia and the US

Guest: Alexandar Mikhailovic on the unlikely convergence of the American and Russian far-right. The post Populist Elitism in Russia and the US appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 03, 20241 hr 2 min

Soviet Industrial Ecology

Guest: Elena Kochetkova on wood, forests and industrial ecology in the Soviet Union. The post Soviet Industrial Ecology appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 20, 202455 min

Everyday War in Donbas

Guest: Greta Uehling on the ethics of care in Everyday War: The Conflict over Donbas, Ukraine published by Cornell University Press. The post Everyday War in Donbas appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

May 13, 20241 hr 1 min

Sugarland

Guest: Artan Hoxha on his new book, Sugarland: The Transformation of the Countryside in Communist Albania published by Central European University Press. The post Sugarland appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 06, 202444 min

Citizen Poet

Guest: Russian poet Dmitrii Bykov on the War in Ukraine, the role of art in politics, satire, his poisoning in 2019, protest, love and family. The post Citizen Poet appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 29, 20241 hr 2 min

Baku Oil and the Soviet State

Guest: Sara Brinegar on her book The Power and Politics of Oil in the Soviet South Caucasus: Periphery Unbound, 1920-29 published by Bloomsbury. The post Baku Oil and the Soviet State appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Apr 22, 202459 min

Gleaning for Communism

Guest: Xenia Cherkaev on her book Gleaning for Communism: The Soviet Socialist Household in Theory and Practice published by Cornell University Press. The post Gleaning for Communism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 15, 202443 min

The Tunguska Mystery

Guest: Andy Bruno on his new book Tunguska: A Siberian Mystery and its Environmental Legacy published by Cambridge University Press. The post The Tunguska Mystery appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 08, 202439 min

Sesame Street in Russia

Guest: Natasha Lance Rogoff on making Sesame Street in Russia in the turbulent 1990s. The post Sesame Street in Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 01, 202447 min

Soviet Investigation of Nazi War Crimes

Guest: Paula Chan on the Extraordinary State Commission and its investigations in the Nazi atrocities in the Soviet Union. The post Soviet Investigation of Nazi War Crimes appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 25, 202451 min

The Soviet Century

Guest: Karl Schlogel on the lost world of Soviet civilization. The post The Soviet Century appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 18, 20241 hr 5 min

Black Skies Over Krasnoyarsk

Guest: Mariia Koskina on Siberian industrialization, the environment and the black skies over Krasnoyarsk. The post Black Skies Over Krasnoyarsk appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 11, 202454 min

Revisiting Nagorno-Karabakh

Guests: Tigran Grigoryan (The Regional Center for Democracy and Security) and Kelsey Rice (Berry College) revisiting the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. The post Revisiting Nagorno-Karabakh appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Mar 04, 20241 hr 5 min

The Soviet Avant Garde

Guest: Natalia Krylova on life, love, language, and the Soviet Avant Garde. The post The Soviet Avant Garde appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 26, 202458 min

Russia’s Prison Knocking Language

How did generations of Russian revolutionaries communicate in prison? Especially under strict surveillance, censorship and enforced silence? One way was through the sound of tapping. Prisoners used purposeful “tuks, tuks, tuks” in a coded pattern to communicate through their cells' thick granite walls. This syntax of taps developed in the 1820s and continued well into the 20th century. How did this tapping language develop and spread? How did it help concretize a collective revolutionary identit...

Feb 16, 202448 min
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