Sean's Russia Blog

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Guest: Elena Kochetkova on wood, forests and industrial ecology in the Soviet Union. The post Soviet Industrial Ecology appeared first on The Eurasian Knot.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.