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Eight Hundred Years of Russian Despotism

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Jul 3, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
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2
The Third Rome and the Russian Empire
02:11 • 4min
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3
The Importance of Separation in Russian History
05:45 • 5min
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4
The Paradox of Reform in Russia
11:09 • 3min
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5
The Slavic Dandy and the Russian Revolution
14:14 • 5min
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6
The Importance of Geography in the Russian Mindset
19:03 • 5min
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7
The Early Russian Handwriting
23:56 • 2min
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8
The War in Ukraine
25:38 • 6min
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9
The Impact of Orthodoxy on Russia
31:33 • 4min
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10
The Cultural Difference Between Ukraine and the Mongol Empire
35:36 • 3min
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11
The State Tradition of Lenin's Revolution
38:57 • 4min
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12
The Expansion of Russia
43:04 • 5min
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Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to acclaimed historian Orlando Figes, whose new book traces Russia’s political dysfunction back to the age of Byzantium and the Mongol invasion.

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