RWA x Vladimir Brovkin: Soviet History Revisited (Trailer)

Russians With Attitude

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00:02:00 - Early life. Why did Vladimir Brovkin emigrate

00:17:00 - Post-war Leningrad

00:21:00 - Khrushchev: Hero or Villain?

00:31:30 - Beria and Stalin. How did Russia survive

00:44:40 - Vydvizhentsy & Stalin the Americaboo

00:53:50 - "Confronting real America was shocking": Vladimir's adaptation in the US

01:00:15 - Stephen Cohen, Richard Pipes & Brovkin's academic path

01:12:00 - US academic Soviet battle & the 90s

01:27:00 - Brovkin coming back to Russia in 2000 (in Yekaterinburg!)

01:40:20 - Blitz questions from the audience

01:55:10 - Why did Vladimir attack Korean photo shop cashier in 1997

Brovkin's books: https://www.amazon.com/Vladimir-Lenin-Putin-Identity-1913-2023-ebook/dp/B0CKFNV3RT