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21: Comparative Russian Imperialism

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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Russian Imperialism and the Cold War

The Soviet Union kept some, not all, but some of those visions of empire relatively intact. What Russia needs more than anything else except regime change is a reckoning with the past. Just like there is a need to discuss slavery and settler colonialism in Europe and in the Americas,. There is also a deep need for Russians to discuss the effect the empire has had on those at the receiving end as well as themselves.

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