10 полузабытых деревянных аэропортов России, куда еще можно слетать
Category: Russian History and Current Affairs
Bankers and Bolsheviks…..
Just had a chance to catch up on the intersection of finance and the Bolshevik Revolution. Yes, there was an intersection, and it is ably documented in Hassan Malik’s new book. Catch the New Books Network interview here: https://tinyurl.com/y9cgscaa
Recent Western media on the Russian GRU….
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/29/ex-soviet-spy-viktor-suvorov https://tinyurl.com/ydysovez
A truly original work of history….
Academic history can be, well, on the dry side. Fortunately, it does not have to be, as Tricia Starks, makes clear in her newly-published account, Smoking under the Tsars: A History of Tobacco in Imperial Russia (Cornell, 2018). The topic is naturally interesting (and controversial), but Stark’s account–part of a broader project on the history of Russia through the senses–makes the topic even more engaging. I understand that a follow up study of smoking culture during the Soviet period is in the works. I look forward to reading that as well.
Insight into an important emerging market….
On the lighter side, I hope you enjoy this video on investing in Russia. Alas, it will help if you understand Russian….