Quillette Podcast

Eight Hundred Years of Russian Despotism

Jul 3, 2023

49:59

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The Concept of Power and Sovereignty in Russia

00:45

My grandmother on my father's side is Russian

01:03

Introduction

2min

The Third Rome and the Russian Empire

4min

The Importance of Separation in Russian History

5min

The Paradox of Reform in Russia

3min

The Slavic Dandy and the Russian Revolution

5min

The Importance of Geography in the Russian Mindset

5min

The Early Russian Handwriting

2min

The War in Ukraine

6min

The Impact of Orthodoxy on Russia

4min

10.

The Cultural Difference Between Ukraine and the Mongol Empire

3min

11.

The State Tradition of Lenin's Revolution

4min

12.

The Expansion of Russia

5min

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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