The Eurasian Knot

The Eurasian Knot

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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 same. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Eurasian Knot

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History

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Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Clientelism in Soviet Abkhazia 26.07.2022

Guest: Timothy Blauvelt on Clientelism and Nationality in an Early Soviet Fiefdom: The Trials of Nestor Lakoba published by Routledge. The post Clientelism in Soviet Abkhazia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Limonov and the National Bolsheviks 14.07.2022

Guest: Fabrizio Fenghi on It Will Be Fun and Terrifying: Nationalism and Protest in Post-Soviet Russia published by University of Wisconsin Press. The post Limonov and the National Bolsheviks appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russian Orthodox Converts in Appalachia 06.07.2022

Guest: Sarah Riccardi-Swartz on Between Heaven and Russia: Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia published by Fordham University Press. The post Russian Orthodox Converts in Appalachia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Dissident Among Dissidents 21.06.2022

Guest: Ilya Budraitskis on Russia's war in Ukraine, fascism, and his essay collection, Dissidents among Dissidents. Ideology, politics and The Left in Post-Soviet Russia published by Verso. The post A Dissident Among Dissidents appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia in the Red Mirror 14.06.2022

Guest: Gulnaz Sharafutdinova on   The Red Mirror: Putin’s Leadership and Russia’s Insecure Identity published by Oxford University Press. The post Russia in the Red Mirror appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life and Death in the Donbas 07.06.2022

Guest: Brian Milakovsky on everyday life in the Donbas and the effort to evacuate civilians. The post Life and Death in the Donbas appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Central Asia Past and Present 24.05.2022

Guest: Adeeb Khalid on   Central Asia: A New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present published by Princeton University Press. The post Central Asia Past and Present appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everything Was Forever Until 17.05.2022

Guest: Alexei Yurchak on perestroika, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the experiences of the last Soviet generation. The post Everything Was Forever Until appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trailer 2: Teddy Goes to the USSR 16.05.2022

Coming May 30! Teddy Goes to the USSR , a new six-part podcast series follows one such American, Teddy Roe, to shine light on Soviet tourism, police surveillance, consumerism, race, and everyday life through his extraordinary three-month trip to the Soviet Union in 1968. The post Trailer 2: Teddy Goes to the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Suffering and Survival in Leningrad 10.05.2022

Guest: Jeffrey Hass on The Human Condition under Siege in the Blockade of Leningrad, 1941-1944 published by Oxford University Press. The post Suffering and Survival in Leningrad appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trailer: Teddy Goes to the USSR 09.05.2022

Coming May 30! Teddy Goes to the USSR, a new six-part podcast series follows one such American, Teddy Roe, to shine light on Soviet tourism, police surveillance, consumerism, race, and everyday life through his extraordinary three-month trip to the Soviet Union in 1968. The post Trailer: Teddy Goes to the USSR appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

The Collapse of the Soviet Union 03.05.2022

Guest: Vladislav Zubok on Collapse: The End of the Soviet Union published by Yale University Press. The post The Collapse of the Soviet Union appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stalinism, Memorial, and Perestroika 26.04.2022

Guest: Nanci Adler on Memorial, Stalinist repression, and Russia's incomplete transitional justice. The post Stalinism, Memorial, and Perestroika appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Perestroika in the Periphery: Tajikistan 19.04.2022

Guest: Isaac Scarborough on perestroika and the collapse of the Soviet system in Tajikistan. The post Perestroika in the Periphery: Tajikistan appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Esperanto in Revolutionary Russia 12.04.2022

Guest: Brigid O'Keeffe on Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia published by Bloomsbury. The post Esperanto in Revolutionary Russia appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Soviet Pronatalism 22.03.2022

Guest: Mie Nakachi on Replacing the Dead: The Politics of Reproduction in the Postwar Soviet Union published by Oxford University Press. The post Soviet Pronatalism appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Letters to Perestroika 15.03.2022

Guest: Courtney Doucette on letter writing, Nina Andreeva, and perestroika "from below." The post Letters to Perestroika appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stalin and His Books 06.03.2022

Guest: Geoffrey Roberts on Stalin’s Library: A Dictator and His Books published by Yale University Press. The post Stalin and His Books appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia, Ukraine, and the West 25.02.2022

This discussion was recorded on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, the morning before Russia invaded Ukraine.   Guests: Michael Kimmage, Marlene Laruelle, and Fyodor Lukyanov on the ongoing geopolitical crisis between Russia, Ukraine and the West. The post Russia, Ukraine, and the West appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia’s Labor Dilemma 18.02.2022

Stephen Crowley on Putin’s Labor Dilemma: Russian Politics between Stability and Stagnation published by Cornell University Press. The post Russia’s Labor Dilemma appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ditching Communism in Poland 11.02.2022

Guest: Tom Junes on Poland in the 1980s and its legacies. The post Ditching Communism in Poland appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Lenfilm Art House 19.11.2021

Guest: Catriona Kelly on  Soviet Art House: Lenfilm Studio under Brezhnev published by Oxford University Press. The post The Lenfilm Art House appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Things of Late Soviet Life 15.11.2021

Guest: Alexey Golubev on  The Things of Life: Materiality in Late Soviet Russia published by Cornell University Press. The post The Things of Late Soviet Life appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Soviet Flower Power 05.11.2021

Juliane Furst on  Flowers through Concrete: Explorations in the Soviet Hippieland and Beyond published by Oxford University Press. The post Soviet Flower Power appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia Upside Down 29.10.2021

Guest: The Americans creator Joe Weisberg on Russia Upside Down: An Exit Strategy from the Second Cold War published by Public Affairs. The post Russia Upside Down appeared first on The Eurasian Knot . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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