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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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54:17

Ukraine’s Gloomy Winter

The Eurasian Knot ·

2024/02/09

Guest: Brian Milakovsky with a grim update on Ukraine, the war, and the shrinking prospects of even a lousy peace. The post Ukraine’s Gloomy Winter appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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40:24

A Century Without Lenin

The Eurasian Knot ·

2024/02/02

Guest: Christopher Read on Vladimir Lenin's legacy 100 years since his death. The post A Century Without Lenin appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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41:44

Genealogy in Russia

The Eurasian Knot ·

2024/01/26

Guest: Maria Lotsmanova on her genealogical journey to find information about her repressed great-grandfather, Jacob Jansen. The post Genealogy in Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:05:50

The Black Russian

The Eurasian Knot ·

2024/01/12

Guest: Vladimir Alexandrov on The Black Russian published by Grove Press. The post The Black Russian appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:01:06

Recording Russia

The Eurasian Knot ·

2024/01/05

Guest: Gabriella Safran on Recording Russia: Trying to Listen in the Nineteenth Century published by Cornell University Press. The post Recording Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:10:16

Making the Soviet Jew

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/12/01

Guest: Sasha Senderovich on How the Soviet Jew Was Made published by Harvard University Press. The post Making the Soviet Jew appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:01:17

Defection and the Cold War

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/11/17

Guest: Erik Scott on defection, the Cold War, and the regulation of borders and movement in a globalizing world. The post Defection and the Cold War appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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56:51

Ainu Fever

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/11/10

Roma Shatrov is the founder of the Silent Cape Nature Park in Sakhalin. Irina Grudova is Ainu, the indigenous inhabitants of Sakhalin. Roma is obsessed with Ainu history and culture and has dedicated the Silent Cape to revitalizing their tradition. Irina is a local Ainu activist and is skeptical of such outsiders looking to exploit her heritage. Yet Roma and Irina instantly hit it off and formed a strong bond over their mutual love of the Ainu. Rusana Novikova brings us a story about the

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52:25

Fakes, Forgeries, and Frauds

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/11/03

Guest: Ilya Vinitsky on the persistence of fakes, forgeries, and frauds in Russian literary culture. The post Fakes, Forgeries, and Frauds appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:00:21

Useable Pasts? Shamans, Spirituality and Resistance

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/10/13

Guest: Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer on the evolution of indigeneity and religion across the Soviet and post-Soviet divide. The post Useable Pasts? Shamans, Spirituality and Resistance appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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38:43

Theology after Gulag

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/10/06

Guest: Katya Tolstaya on theology, belief, and the remaning spiritual scars after Gulag. The post Theology after Gulag appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:09:08

Christianity in China

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/09/22

Guests: Fenggang Yang and Kung Lap Yan on Christianity, worship, and religious persecution in China. The post Christianity in China appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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45:38

REEES Faculty Spotlight: Anna Kovalova

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/09/15

Guest: Anna Kovalova, Pitt's new Visiting Assistant Professor in Slavic Languages and Literatures, on her work on early Russian cinema. The post REEES Faculty Spotlight: Anna Kovalova appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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53:17

Catholicism in Poland

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/09/08

Guests: Geneviève Zubrzycki and Jose Casanova on the place of the Catholic Church in Polish politics and national identity. The post Catholicism in Poland appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:18:05

Secret Police Archives as Depositories of Faith

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/08/18

Guests: Anca Sincan and Tatiana Vagramenko discuss the how secret police files document religious belief and worship in communist Romania and Ukraine. The post Secret Police Archives as Depositories of Faith appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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59:46

Lived Religion in Ukraine

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/08/04

Guest: Catherine Wanner on lived religion in Ukraine, belief, belonging and community, and the impact of the war on religion. The post Lived Religion in Ukraine appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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1:09:01

The Nivkhi of Sakhalin

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/07/17

Guest: Bruce Grant revisits his book, In the Soviet House of Culture: A Century of Perestroikas, on the Nivkhi of Sakhalin, their Soviet experience, and the complexities of indigeneity. The post The Nivkhi of Sakhalin appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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48:01

Queer Under Communism

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/06/29

It’s Pride month! Misha Appeltova, Irina Roldugina, and Kate Davison join us to talk about their research on gender, sexuality and queer under state socialism. The post Queer Under Communism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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37:24

Red Whaling

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/06/08

The Soviet Union was a latecomer to the whaling industry. But after a bumbling start, by the 1960s, Soviet whalers were slaughtering over 20,000 whales a year. The decimation of the world’s whales in the 20th century, a genocide in which the Soviets played no small part, has had catastrophic results on the world’s ocean environments. Ryan Tucker Jones tells us about the Soviet whaling industry, the lives of Soviet whalers, their attitudes toward their craft, and the lasting trauma of the hunt the

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39:47

Harbin

The Eurasian Knot ·

2023/05/05

Guest: Mark Gamsa on Harbin: A Cross-Cultural Biography The post Harbin appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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