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Episode 125: Mark Galeotti - Russian History in 60 Minutes
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- Keep Talking
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- Oct 18, 2024
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- 3837
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Summary
Mark Galeotti is a historian, an essayist, a podcaster, and the author of many books including "A Short History of Russia: How the World's Largest Country Invented Itself, from the Pagans to Putin." ------------ Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting ------------ Keep Talking Substack Spotify Apple Podcasts Social media and all episodes ------------ Support via Venmo Support on Substack Support on Patreon ------------ (00:00) Intro (01:00) Czarist Russia at the beginning of the 20th century (03:50) The Russian Revolution (08:00) World War I and The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (11:52) Lenin and Stalin (17:00) The Great Terror (21:02) Russia during World War II (28:15) How close were the Nazis to taking over the Soviet Union? (29:50) Russia and The Cold War (37:05) Why Soviets no longer believed in Marxism (39:35) The life and rise of Vladimir Putin (45:35) Putin, Yeltsin, and the turn of the century (51:56) How do we misunderstand the modern Russian government? (55:05) Alexei Navalny (59:20) The war with Ukraine