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Date Title & Description Contributors
2024-04-22

  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.
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2024-04-15

  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.
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2024-04-08

  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.
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2024-04-01

  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.
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2024-03-25

  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.
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2024-03-18

  The Soviet Century

Guest: Karl Schlogel on the lost world of Soviet civilization. The post The Soviet Century appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.
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2024-03-11

  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.
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2024-03-04

  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 ...
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2024-02-26

  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.
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2024-02-16

  Russia’s Prison Knocking Language

Guest: Nicholas Bujalski on his prize-winning Russian Review article, “Tuk, tuk, tuk!” A History of Russia’s Prison Knocking Language.” The post Russia’s Prison Knocking Language appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.
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