Populist Elitism in Russia and the US

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.