#415 Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War

Published: March 4, 2024, 8:02 p.m.

b"Serhii Plokhy is a Ukrainian historian at Harvard University, director of the Ukrainian Research Institute, and an author of many books on history of Eastern Europe, including his latest book The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\\nSerhii's Website: https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/serhii-plokhii
\\nHarvard Ukrainian Research Institute: https://huri.harvard.edu/
\\nSerhii's Books: https://amzn.to/3OS2EqK
\\n2006 - The Origins of the Slavic Nations
\\n2010 - Yalta: The Price of Peace
\\n2012 - The Cossack Myth: History and Nationhood in the Age of Empires
\\n2014 - The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union
\\n2015 - The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
\\n2016 - The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold War Spy Story
\\n2017 - Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
\\n2018 - Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy
\\n2021 - Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
\\n2021 - The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present
\\n2022 - Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disaster
\\n2023 - The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History
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\\nOUTLINE:
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\\n(00:00) - Introduction
\\n(09:10) - Collapse of the Soviet Union
\\n(25:19) - Origins of Russia and Ukraine
\\n(38:22) - Ukrainian nationalism
\\n(46:04) - Stepan Bandera
\\n(1:15:05) - KGB
\\n(1:30:03) - War in Ukraine
\\n(2:06:19) - NATO and Russia
\\n(2:17:22) - Peace talks
\\n(2:31:09) - Ukrainian Army head Valerii Zaluzhnyi
\\n(2:37:46) - Power and War
\\n(2:48:37) - Holodomor
\\n(2:55:09) - Chernobyl
\\n(3:05:43) - Nuclear power
\\n(3:15:20) - Future of the world"