Susquehanna University’s Institute for Lifelong Learning will host a presentation, “History of Modern Russia: A Zoom Presentation by Joe Staggers,” on Wednesday. Staggers is a ...
pt. I. The tsarist period. 1. Russian science before 1800. 2. Science in nineteenth-century Russia. 3. Russian intellectuals and Darwinism -- pt. II. Russian science and a Marxist revolution. 4. The ...
When diving into the history of the Soviet Union and modern Russia, one expects to encounter the towering figures of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Vladimir Putin. But in “Motherland,” ...
The institution was one of the nation's last dedicated to documenting Soviet-era political repression and contained thousands of artifacts from victims, among them letters and personal belongings.
A Russian feminist reflects on Julia Ioffe’s history of modern Russia. MOSCOW—Julia Ioffe’s new book, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy (Ecco), immediately ...
The Soviet Union severed Central Asia’s ancient trade routes to the Indian subcontinent. The region’s modern-day leaders want ...