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The Eurasian Knot

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 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

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1:01:01

Ivan the Terrible

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/12/30

Guest: Charles Halperin on Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish published by University of Pittsburgh Press. The post Ivan the Terrible appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:09:13

The Stuff of Red Army Soldiers

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/12/18

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. The post The Stuff of Red Army Soldiers appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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56:45

Russia, China and Inbetween

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/12/07

Guest: Ed Pulford on Mirrorlands: Russia, China, and Journeys in Between published by Hurst. The post Russia, China and Inbetween appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:18:36

The Collective Farm

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/11/17

Guests: Aaron Hale-Dorrell, Kristy Ironside, and Samantha Lomb on the collective farm system in the USSR. The post The Collective Farm appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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53:30

Atoms and Aliens in Eurasian Science Fiction

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/11/10

Guest: Anindita Banerjee on the nuclear in Soviet and Post-Soviet Science Fiction. The post Atoms and Aliens in Eurasian Science Fiction appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:05:28

Russians Under Nazi Occupation

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/11/03

Guest: Johannes Due Enstad on Soviet Russians under Nazi Occupation: Fragile Loyalties in World War II published by Cambridge University Press. The post Russians Under Nazi Occupation appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:08:35

The Radioactive Mutants of Semipalatinsk

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/10/27

Magdalena Stawkowski on the rural Kazakh communities in the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. The post The Radioactive Mutants of Semipalatinsk appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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53:04

The Jewish Revolution in Belarus

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/10/21

Guest: Andrew Sloin on The Jewish Revolution in Belorussia: Economy, Race, and Bolshevik Power published by Indiana University Press. The post The Jewish Revolution in Belarus appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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59:34

The Soviet Nuclear Industry

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/10/13

Guest: Sonja Schmid on Producing Power: The Pre-Chernobyl History of the Soviet Nuclear Industry published by MIT Press. The post The Soviet Nuclear Industry appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:01:34

The Soviet Lives of Western Culture

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/09/24

Guest: Eleonor Gilburd on To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western Culture published by Harvard University Press. The post The Soviet Lives of Western Culture appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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52:18

The Politics of Immigration in Russia

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/09/07

Guest: Caress Schenk on Why Control Immigration? Strategic Uses of Migration Management in Russia published by University of Toronto Press. The post The Politics of Immigration in Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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51:49

Central Asian Migrants in the USSR

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/09/03

Guest: Jeff Sahadeo on Voices from the Soviet Edge: Southern Migrants in Leningrad and Moscow published by Cornell University Press. The post Central Asian Migrants in the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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49:20

Domestic Service in the USSR

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/08/24

Alissa Klots on domestic service and aging in the USSR. The post Domestic Service in the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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53:27

A Russian Voyage of Empires

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/08/17

Guest: Edyta Bojanowska on A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada published by Harvard University Press. The post A Russian Voyage of Empires appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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22:20

Russian Socialists in the Struggle for Democracy

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/08/10

For the past few weeks, protests for fair elections in upcoming municipal polls have become weekly in Moscow and St. Petersburg as thousands have defied authorities to attend unsanctioned rallies. The police crackdown has been particularly harsh in Moscow. Protests on July 27 and August 3 resulted in over 2000 detentions. Images of police in riot gear wrestling citizens to the ground and beating peaceful protesters were reminiscent of the mass protests against election fraud in 2011-2012. Members

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1:33:38

Witnessing the Collapse of Communism

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/08/02

Roundtable discussion marking the 30th anniversary of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Participants include Timothy Garton Ash, Bridget Kendall, and Jens Reich. The post Witnessing the Collapse of Communism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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50:07

Rasputin, the Man and the Myth (Rebroadcast)

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/07/27

Guest: Doug Smith on Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs. The post Rasputin, the Man and the Myth (Rebroadcast) appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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31:49

The Evictors

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/07/19

Around Moscow, there’s a whole industry of so-called “black creditors” — microfinance institutions (or MFOs) that swindle and seize debtors’ homes. Ivan Golunov’s investigation for Meduza has discovered that almost 500 apartments have been seized from their owners over the past five years without so much as a court order. In fact, this scheme involves more than simply “squeezing” people from their homes. It is possibly part of a wider, international money-laundering system. Here’s Meduza special

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56:46

Russians on Trump (Rebroadcast)

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/07/13

Guest: Laurence Bogoslaw on Russians on Trump: Press Coverage and Commentary published by Eastview. The post Russians on Trump (Rebroadcast) appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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53:04

Gender and Electoral Self-Polishing in Mongolia

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/07/05

Manduhai Buyandelger’s keynote address “Self-Polishing and Electoral Selves: Elections and the New Economies of Democratization in Postsocialist Mongolia” given at the 2019 Annual Soyuz Symposium. The post Gender and Electoral Self-Polishing in Mongolia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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