AWW22 From Russia to the Soviet Union and Back Again - Sheila Fitzpatrick
Chaired by Anton Enus
\nAustralia\u2019s foremost researcher on modern Russia, Sheila Fitzpatrick, joins us at the pivotal moment in Russian history to discuss the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, and Russia\u2019s post-Soviet agenda under Vladimir Putin. Sheila\u2019s recent book, The Shortest History of the Soviet Union, is a lively, authoritative distillation of seventy-five years of communist rule and the collapse of an empire, and an examination of Russia\u2019s ongoing influence on global politics under its current president.