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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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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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50:41

Russian Revolutionary Postcards

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/06/30

Guest: Tobie Mathew on Greetings From The Barricades: Revolutionary Postcards in Imperial Russia published by Four Corners Books. The post Russian Revolutionary Postcards appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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51:52

Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/06/21

Guest: Joan Neuberger on This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia published by Cornell University Press. The post Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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50:55

Soviet Anti-Americanism

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/06/14

Guest: Rósa Magnúsdóttir on Enemy Number One: The United States of America in Soviet Ideology and Propaganda, 1945-1959 published by Oxford University Press. The post Soviet Anti-Americanism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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59:13

Stalin’s Short Course

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/06/07

Guest: David Brandenberger on Stalin's Master Narrative: A Critical Edition of the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks), Short Course published by Yale University Press. The post Stalin’s Short Course appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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47:00

The Stories Polish Secret Police Files Tell Us

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/05/31

Guest: Anna Krakus on the stories Polish police files tell us. The post The Stories Polish Secret Police Files Tell Us appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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53:34

The Judeo-Bolshevik Myth

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/05/24

Guest: Paul Hanebrink on A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism published by Harvard University Press. The post The Judeo-Bolshevik Myth appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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12:33

“The Reddest of the Blacks”

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/05/21

For the past several months, I've been researching the life of Lovett Fort-Whiteman. Here's a short film I made about his eventual arrest and death in Stalinist Russia. The post “The Reddest of the Blacks” appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:07:14

Russia Without Putin

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/05/17

Guest: Tony Wood on Russia Without Putin: Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War published by Verso. The post Russia Without Putin appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:01:24

Local Perpetrators and the Holocaust in Ukraine

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/05/08

Guest: Jared McBride on the Holocaust, Soviet Secret Police Archives and Local Perpetrators in Western Ukraine. The post Local Perpetrators and the Holocaust in Ukraine appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:34:46

Peering Under the Rug: Sources of Information about...

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/04/25

Guests: Mark Galeotti, Kevin Rothrock, and Maxim Trudolyubov on making sense of Russia. The post Peering Under the Rug: Sources of Information about Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:00:10

Lenin’s Government

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/04/14

Guest: Lara Douds on Inside Lenin’s Government: Power, Ideology and Practice in the Early Soviet State published by Bloomsbury. The post Lenin’s Government appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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49:57

Soviet Intelligence and African National Liberation

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/04/05

Guest: Natalia Telepneva on Soviet and Warsaw Pact intelligence services and African anti-colonial movements. The post Soviet Intelligence and African National Liberation appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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47:04

Photography and Russian Literature

The Eurasian Knot ·

2019/03/27

Guest: Katherine Reischl on Photographic Literacy: Cameras in the Hands of Russian Authors published by Cornell University Press. The post Photography and Russian Literature appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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