A marketplace argument led to the emergence of a key eyewitness account of a Viking burial on the Volga river
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Artículos sobre Russian history
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Putin’s argument that Russia has a historic claim to Ukraine stretching back to the Middle Ages relies on some very doubtful sources.
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past fortnight.
Putin’s worldview echoes Russian phrase, ‘Who is not with us, is against us.’
Vladimir Putin and his KGB men have steadily extinguished the artistic freedom the genre enjoyed in the 1990s, with Ukraine’s invasion adding yet another nail in the coffin.
The troubling unrest in Dagestan impresses upon us the need to learn from our history
Russia’s casualty count in Ukraine is high, but the country has a national mythology built on loss and sacrifice.
A new study traces how Russia’s empire building, especially in Ukraine, resulted in long-term economic damage and fomented rebellion for over a century.
Francis I’s message seemed to unwittingly echo some of Vladimir Putin’s historical justifications for invading Ukraine.
Russia has long been a ‘paramilitarised’ regime, where the state can be challenged and undermined, but is not completely destroyed, by paramilitary or criminal groups.
A historian explains how Russian President Vladimir Putin, weakened by a short-lived mutiny, might find a path to peace with Ukraine.
Centuries before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the expulsion of individuals or even entire nations was used as a targeted instrument of war.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
A historian looks back at the success – and failure – of mass mobilization efforts by Russia and the Soviet Union.
Gorbachev failed in his two main aims: to hold togteher a reformed Soviet Union and cement its place in a new world order.
During the Cold War, Russia’s refusal to allow Jews to leave the country reflected its political aims. The same is likely true today, a Jewish studies scholar explains.
Russia has secured gains in the east but Ukraine is pushing back in the south.
Russia’s national history and origin story remain unclear.
The idea of a ‘witch’ was usually female in Western Europe, but not so in Orthodox Russia – partly because of the period’s rigid social hierarchies.
Russia’s test of ‘nuclear-capable’ missiles in Kaliningrad is intended to send a message to Nato.
Principales colaboradores
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Postdoctoral Associate in History, University of Oxford
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Hansen Professor in History, Deputy Dean, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in International Politics, University of Southampton
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Professor of Russian Studies, Tufts University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor in Economics, University of California, Merced
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of Russian, University of Oklahoma
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Lecturer, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology, University of Exeter
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Professor of Economics, University of Essex
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Professor of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Russian History, American University
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Lecturer on Government and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard University
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Lecturer in Sociology, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
