Ukrainian Questions Posed by Russian Invasion
46:05The Genesis of Nations
46:20Geography and Ancient History
47:59Before Europe
48:38Vikings, Slavers, Lawgivers: The Kyiv State
51:34The Grand Duchy of Lithuania
51:15Rise of Muscovite Power
50:48Early Jews of Modern Ukraine
51:18Polish Power and Cossack Revolution
49:23Global Empires
49:54Ottoman Retreat, Russian Power, Ukrainian Populism
48:25Republics and Revolutions
50:30Interwar Poland’s Ukrainians
51:42Ukrainization, Famine, Terror: 1920s-1930s
50:25Habsburg Curiosity
47:58Colonization, Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing
50:03Reforms, Recentralization, Dissidence: 1950s-1970s
50:52Before and After the End of History
51:45Oligarchies in Russia and Ukraine
49:39Maidan and Self-Understanding
54:11Comparative Russian Imperialism
49:25The Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Richard C. Levin Professor of History
Class 6 continues the foundations of the Kyiv state at a time when Lithuania was much larger than most people think.
Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages.
Vikings, Slavers, Lawgivers: The Kyiv State
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