Botakoz Kassymbekova
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Botakoz Kassymbekova
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Professor of eastern European history, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Russian and Russo-Soviet colonialism, imperialism, stalinism, post-stalinism.
We are founding a new interdisciplinary Institute for Slavic and Eastern European Studies (ISOS) at the University of Zurich. Please apply to our Inaugural Conference "Eastern Europe's Invisibilities: Politics, Epistmics, Arts" at the University of Zurich, May 6-8, 2026.
May 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Meanwhile, today the night in Ukraine looks like this
November 25, 2024 at 10:54 PM
A professor based in Western Europe sharing lies about „zones of reach“, and a map, where Ukraine is presented as an agressor, Ukraine is classified as „territories under control of Ukrainian forces“ and where Crimea is marked as Russian☝️
November 25, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Natürlich auch kein Wort über Moldau.
November 17, 2024 at 5:43 PM
With Irpin‘s mayor-hero Oleksandr Markushin in front of the bridge of life. What I learned in Irpin and Bucha is that Ukraine‘s civil society is at the core for reconstruction, healing and restoration of justice.
October 15, 2023 at 8:41 AM