The Eurasian Knot🎙️
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Making an audio documentary about Lovett Fort-Whiteman, the only known Black American victim of Stalin's Terror.
"Nothing of them is left over except the same ghostly objecthood—a bare gelatinous blob of undifferentiated human labor."--Marx, Capital.
"Nothing of them is left over except the same ghostly objecthood—a bare gelatinous blob of undifferentiated human labor."--Marx, Capital.
Pinned
About two years ago, I was brought on to a podcast project started by the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. I’m proud to feature the end result, The Art of War, produced by our students Jojo Ellis, Kyla Parker, and Lily Acharya!
patreon.com/posts/art-of-war-143779050
patreon.com/posts/art-of-war-143779050
Caught the recent NYT article on the spike in Christian conversion?
Want to know more?
Take a look back at our 2022 episode on Russian Orthodoxy's place in Appalachia, featuring Sarah Riccardi-Swartz.
patreon.com/posts/russian-orthodox-68746550
Want to know more?
Take a look back at our 2022 episode on Russian Orthodoxy's place in Appalachia, featuring Sarah Riccardi-Swartz.
patreon.com/posts/russian-orthodox-68746550
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Caught the recent NYT article on the spike in Christian conversion?
Want to know more?
Take a look back at our 2022 episode on Russian Orthodoxy's place in Appalachia, featuring Sarah Riccardi-Swartz.
patreon.com/posts/russian-orthodox-68746550
Want to know more?
Take a look back at our 2022 episode on Russian Orthodoxy's place in Appalachia, featuring Sarah Riccardi-Swartz.
patreon.com/posts/russian-orthodox-68746550
About two years ago, I was brought on to a podcast project started by the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. I’m proud to feature the end result, The Art of War, produced by our students Jojo Ellis, Kyla Parker, and Lily Acharya!
patreon.com/posts/art-of-war-143779050
patreon.com/posts/art-of-war-143779050
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
About two years ago, I was brought on to a podcast project started by the Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. I’m proud to feature the end result, The Art of War, produced by our students Jojo Ellis, Kyla Parker, and Lily Acharya!
patreon.com/posts/art-of-war-143779050
patreon.com/posts/art-of-war-143779050
#ThisDayinHistory - 1917: The October Revolution, or Bolshevik revolution, commences, starting the country's Civil War and changing the fabric of Russia forever.
The painting "Bolshevik" (1920) by Boris Kustodiev depicts the massive political, intellectual, and physical scale of the event.
The painting "Bolshevik" (1920) by Boris Kustodiev depicts the massive political, intellectual, and physical scale of the event.
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#ThisDayinHistory - 1917: The October Revolution, or Bolshevik revolution, commences, starting the country's Civil War and changing the fabric of Russia forever.
The painting "Bolshevik" (1920) by Boris Kustodiev depicts the massive political, intellectual, and physical scale of the event.
The painting "Bolshevik" (1920) by Boris Kustodiev depicts the massive political, intellectual, and physical scale of the event.
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Режиссер Эльдар Рязанов и актеры Андрей Миронов и Наталья Гурзо. Озвучивание фильма «Приключения итальянцев в России»
Евгений Умнов, 1973 год, г. Москва, МАММ/МДФ.
t.me/russiainphot...
Евгений Умнов, 1973 год, г. Москва, МАММ/МДФ.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Режиссер Эльдар Рязанов и актеры Андрей Миронов и Наталья Гурзо. Озвучивание фильма «Приключения итальянцев в России»
Евгений Умнов, 1973 год, г. Москва, МАММ/МДФ.
t.me/russiainphot...
Евгений Умнов, 1973 год, г. Москва, МАММ/МДФ.
t.me/russiainphot...
No new episode this week!
Take a breather and look back at some EKP classics- from Soviet sound postcards to DIY folk museums to "Putin's Chef," we've got it all!
patreon.com/posts/sound-of-part-3-111743178
patreon.com/posts/rise-and-fall-of-107257315
patreon.com/posts/soviet-diy-folk-114880048
Take a breather and look back at some EKP classics- from Soviet sound postcards to DIY folk museums to "Putin's Chef," we've got it all!
patreon.com/posts/sound-of-part-3-111743178
patreon.com/posts/rise-and-fall-of-107257315
patreon.com/posts/soviet-diy-folk-114880048
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
No new episode this week!
Take a breather and look back at some EKP classics- from Soviet sound postcards to DIY folk museums to "Putin's Chef," we've got it all!
patreon.com/posts/sound-of-part-3-111743178
patreon.com/posts/rise-and-fall-of-107257315
patreon.com/posts/soviet-diy-folk-114880048
Take a breather and look back at some EKP classics- from Soviet sound postcards to DIY folk museums to "Putin's Chef," we've got it all!
patreon.com/posts/sound-of-part-3-111743178
patreon.com/posts/rise-and-fall-of-107257315
patreon.com/posts/soviet-diy-folk-114880048
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
#ThisDayinHistory 1922: Ataturk takes Constantinople, ending the Ottoman reign and creating the new Republic of Türkiye.
Take a look back at the empire's storied legacy through our faculty spotlight of Ottoman specialist @anasekulic.bsky.social:
euraknot.org/reees-faculty-spotlight-ana-sekulic/
Take a look back at the empire's storied legacy through our faculty spotlight of Ottoman specialist @anasekulic.bsky.social:
euraknot.org/reees-faculty-spotlight-ana-sekulic/
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#ThisDayinHistory 1922: Ataturk takes Constantinople, ending the Ottoman reign and creating the new Republic of Türkiye.
Take a look back at the empire's storied legacy through our faculty spotlight of Ottoman specialist @anasekulic.bsky.social:
euraknot.org/reees-faculty-spotlight-ana-sekulic/
Take a look back at the empire's storied legacy through our faculty spotlight of Ottoman specialist @anasekulic.bsky.social:
euraknot.org/reees-faculty-spotlight-ana-sekulic/
Congratulations to former guest, Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, on winning the 2025 Barbara Jelavich Book Prize!
For more on "Empire of Refugees," make sure to revisit our episode featuring Vladimir at the link below!
patreon.com/posts/muslim-refugees-129348271
aseees.org/citation/troyansky-jelavich/
For more on "Empire of Refugees," make sure to revisit our episode featuring Vladimir at the link below!
patreon.com/posts/muslim-refugees-129348271
aseees.org/citation/troyansky-jelavich/
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Congratulations to former guest, Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, on winning the 2025 Barbara Jelavich Book Prize!
For more on "Empire of Refugees," make sure to revisit our episode featuring Vladimir at the link below!
patreon.com/posts/muslim-refugees-129348271
aseees.org/citation/troyansky-jelavich/
For more on "Empire of Refugees," make sure to revisit our episode featuring Vladimir at the link below!
patreon.com/posts/muslim-refugees-129348271
aseees.org/citation/troyansky-jelavich/
Halloween may not have been celebrated in the Soviet Bloc, but that didn't hold anyone back from a good costume.
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Halloween may not have been celebrated in the Soviet Bloc, but that didn't hold anyone back from a good costume.
Happy Halloween, EKP community! 🕷🎃👻
To celebrate this spooky holiday, we've put together a collection of our favorite whimsical & mythical episodes. Enjoy... if you dare!
patreon.com/posts/vampires-of-k-57166024
patreon.com/posts/witchcraft-in-48058813
patreon.com/posts/useable-pasts-90911007
To celebrate this spooky holiday, we've put together a collection of our favorite whimsical & mythical episodes. Enjoy... if you dare!
patreon.com/posts/vampires-of-k-57166024
patreon.com/posts/witchcraft-in-48058813
patreon.com/posts/useable-pasts-90911007
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Happy Halloween, EKP community! 🕷🎃👻
To celebrate this spooky holiday, we've put together a collection of our favorite whimsical & mythical episodes. Enjoy... if you dare!
patreon.com/posts/vampires-of-k-57166024
patreon.com/posts/witchcraft-in-48058813
patreon.com/posts/useable-pasts-90911007
To celebrate this spooky holiday, we've put together a collection of our favorite whimsical & mythical episodes. Enjoy... if you dare!
patreon.com/posts/vampires-of-k-57166024
patreon.com/posts/witchcraft-in-48058813
patreon.com/posts/useable-pasts-90911007
Loved this week's episode on resource usage in the Eastern Bloc? Take a look back at our 2024 episode "Sugarland," which covers Albania's transformation into modernity, thanks to the advent of sugar production in the communist era.
patreon.com/posts/sugarland-103749806
patreon.com/posts/sugarland-103749806
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Loved this week's episode on resource usage in the Eastern Bloc? Take a look back at our 2024 episode "Sugarland," which covers Albania's transformation into modernity, thanks to the advent of sugar production in the communist era.
patreon.com/posts/sugarland-103749806
patreon.com/posts/sugarland-103749806
Peat, a coal-like topsoil that results from decaying vegetation in lowland ecosystems, has been a mainstay of renewable energy for decades.
Russia in particular relies on the resource, as the country's dependence on it dates back to the early industrializing Soviet Union.
Russia in particular relies on the resource, as the country's dependence on it dates back to the early industrializing Soviet Union.
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Peat, a coal-like topsoil that results from decaying vegetation in lowland ecosystems, has been a mainstay of renewable energy for decades.
Russia in particular relies on the resource, as the country's dependence on it dates back to the early industrializing Soviet Union.
Russia in particular relies on the resource, as the country's dependence on it dates back to the early industrializing Soviet Union.
As Trump slowly amasses power, can U.S. citizens look to the USSR for a vision of their future?
Join former EKP guest Wendy Goldman in conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti to find out.
wbur.org/onpoint/2025/10/15/americans-learn-stalinism-trump
euraknot.org/terror-and-democracy-in-the-soviet-union/
Join former EKP guest Wendy Goldman in conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti to find out.
wbur.org/onpoint/2025/10/15/americans-learn-stalinism-trump
euraknot.org/terror-and-democracy-in-the-soviet-union/
What can Americans learn from Stalinism?
Some historians argue that President Trump is using a Stalinist-style playbook to amass power, silence his enemies and suppress science. What Americans should know about notorious Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's style and political tactics.
wbur.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As Trump slowly amasses power, can U.S. citizens look to the USSR for a vision of their future?
Join former EKP guest Wendy Goldman in conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti to find out.
wbur.org/onpoint/2025/10/15/americans-learn-stalinism-trump
euraknot.org/terror-and-democracy-in-the-soviet-union/
Join former EKP guest Wendy Goldman in conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti to find out.
wbur.org/onpoint/2025/10/15/americans-learn-stalinism-trump
euraknot.org/terror-and-democracy-in-the-soviet-union/
@kbruisch.bsky.social is an environmental historian at Trinity College Dublin interested in energy, resource extraction, and land-use in the Russian Empire and USSR. Check out her new book, "Burning Swamps," at the link below!
cambridge.org/core/books/burning-swamps/CD46DB0B87D3ED364A86EC1A9C300FC0
cambridge.org/core/books/burning-swamps/CD46DB0B87D3ED364A86EC1A9C300FC0
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
@kbruisch.bsky.social is an environmental historian at Trinity College Dublin interested in energy, resource extraction, and land-use in the Russian Empire and USSR. Check out her new book, "Burning Swamps," at the link below!
cambridge.org/core/books/burning-swamps/CD46DB0B87D3ED364A86EC1A9C300FC0
cambridge.org/core/books/burning-swamps/CD46DB0B87D3ED364A86EC1A9C300FC0
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Peat on air! I got to talk with Sean and Rusana from the @euraknot.bsky.social about my book 🔥 Burning Swamps 🔥. Thanks for having me! #envhist
This week we, alongside @kbruisch.bsky.social, deep-dive into Russia's crucial fuel, imperative both in industrialization and Lenin’s Electrification campaign. As the old man put it, “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.”
patreon.com/posts/how-peat-ussr-142174549
patreon.com/posts/how-peat-ussr-142174549
October 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Peat on air! I got to talk with Sean and Rusana from the @euraknot.bsky.social about my book 🔥 Burning Swamps 🔥. Thanks for having me! #envhist
This week we, alongside @kbruisch.bsky.social, deep-dive into Russia's crucial fuel, imperative both in industrialization and Lenin’s Electrification campaign. As the old man put it, “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.”
patreon.com/posts/how-peat-ussr-142174549
patreon.com/posts/how-peat-ussr-142174549
October 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This week we, alongside @kbruisch.bsky.social, deep-dive into Russia's crucial fuel, imperative both in industrialization and Lenin’s Electrification campaign. As the old man put it, “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country.”
patreon.com/posts/how-peat-ussr-142174549
patreon.com/posts/how-peat-ussr-142174549
An award winning historical fiction author, Catherine Merridale's writing draws upon over 20 years of field work in Russia and Ukraine, as well as cutting-edge archival work. Read more about Catherine's writing on her website ⬇️
catherinemerridale.com/Fiction.html
catherinemerridale.com/Fiction.html
October 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
An award winning historical fiction author, Catherine Merridale's writing draws upon over 20 years of field work in Russia and Ukraine, as well as cutting-edge archival work. Read more about Catherine's writing on her website ⬇️
catherinemerridale.com/Fiction.html
catherinemerridale.com/Fiction.html
Historical fiction requires you to balance creativity with accuracy. What challenges does writing fiction present to a professional historian? This week, we spoke to author Catherine Merridale about her hero, and subject of her novel, Anton Markovich Belkin.
www.patreon.com/posts/murder...
www.patreon.com/posts/murder...
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Historical fiction requires you to balance creativity with accuracy. What challenges does writing fiction present to a professional historian? This week, we spoke to author Catherine Merridale about her hero, and subject of her novel, Anton Markovich Belkin.
www.patreon.com/posts/murder...
www.patreon.com/posts/murder...
Запись телепрограммы «Спокойной ночи, малыши!», 1978
t.me/old_Moscow/1...
t.me/old_Moscow/1...
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Запись телепрограммы «Спокойной ночи, малыши!», 1978
t.me/old_Moscow/1...
t.me/old_Moscow/1...
Интерьер трехкомнатной эталонной квартиры и эталонной комнаты для просмотра телевизионных передач на одном из этажей жилого комплекса нового типа, строящегося в 10-м экспериментальном квартале Новых Черемушек, 1968
t.me/old_Moscow/1...
t.me/old_Moscow/1...
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Интерьер трехкомнатной эталонной квартиры и эталонной комнаты для просмотра телевизионных передач на одном из этажей жилого комплекса нового типа, строящегося в 10-м экспериментальном квартале Новых Черемушек, 1968
t.me/old_Moscow/1...
t.me/old_Moscow/1...
Продажа сумок в Измайловском парке.
t.me/knopka_az5/8225
t.me/knopka_az5/8225
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Продажа сумок в Измайловском парке.
t.me/knopka_az5/8225
t.me/knopka_az5/8225
In addition to her first publication, @nicoleeaton.bsky.social's work has also been published in Kritika magazine, among many others. Make sure to read her article on Kaliningrad's Germans here ⬇️ and stay tuned for her future projects!
muse.jhu.edu/article/7478...
muse.jhu.edu/article/7478...
Project MUSE - Provisional Redemption and the Fate of Kaliningrad's Germans
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October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In addition to her first publication, @nicoleeaton.bsky.social's work has also been published in Kritika magazine, among many others. Make sure to read her article on Kaliningrad's Germans here ⬇️ and stay tuned for her future projects!
muse.jhu.edu/article/7478...
muse.jhu.edu/article/7478...
#ThisDayinHistory - Political theorist Hannah Arendt, known for her report on Eichmann's trial at Nuremburg, was born in 1906.
For more insight into the Soviet perspective of postwar reconciliation, check out our episode "Soviet Judgement at Nuremberg."
patreon.com/posts/soviet-judgement-39428641
For more insight into the Soviet perspective of postwar reconciliation, check out our episode "Soviet Judgement at Nuremberg."
patreon.com/posts/soviet-judgement-39428641
October 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#ThisDayinHistory - Political theorist Hannah Arendt, known for her report on Eichmann's trial at Nuremburg, was born in 1906.
For more insight into the Soviet perspective of postwar reconciliation, check out our episode "Soviet Judgement at Nuremberg."
patreon.com/posts/soviet-judgement-39428641
For more insight into the Soviet perspective of postwar reconciliation, check out our episode "Soviet Judgement at Nuremberg."
patreon.com/posts/soviet-judgement-39428641
@nicoleeaton.bsky.social, Associate Professor of History at Boston College, teaches courses on the Soviet Union, Imperial Russia, modern Europe, authoritarianism, and mass violence. Check out her first book at the link below ⬇️
cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501767364/german-blood-slavic-soil/
cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501767364/german-blood-slavic-soil/
October 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@nicoleeaton.bsky.social, Associate Professor of History at Boston College, teaches courses on the Soviet Union, Imperial Russia, modern Europe, authoritarianism, and mass violence. Check out her first book at the link below ⬇️
cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501767364/german-blood-slavic-soil/
cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501767364/german-blood-slavic-soil/