Monthly Archives: October 2018

“For Our Freedom and Yours:” Mikhail Zygar’s TV-Rain and 1968 Digital

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Picture courtesy of 1968.Digital. By Helen McHenry The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies continued its fall lecture series on Friday, October 26 with Mikhail Zygar, a prominent author and former journalist. Zygar began as a correspondent for the … Continue reading

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Irrational Mistakes and the Media of Tomorrow: Mikhail Zygar and Project 1917

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By August Hagemann On Friday, October 26th, 2018, Miami University’s Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet studies hosted journalist Mikhail Zygar.  Zygar got his start as a war correspondent with Kommersant, but became famous as the founding editor-in-chief of Russia’s … Continue reading

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Working Forward by Looking Back: Mikhail Zygar at Miami

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By Emily Erdmann On Friday October 26th, Miami students and faculty welcomed Mikhail Zygar, a best-selling author and former journalist for TV Dozhd’, as part of the Havighurst lecture series on “Truth and Power.” His visit was particularly poignant as … Continue reading

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Paul I through French Eyes

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By Zinaida Osipova Hardly one of the greatest but certainly one of the most peculiar Russian rulers was the son of Catherine the Great, Paul I (1796–1801). I have always been fascinated by his personality: being in the shade of … Continue reading

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2018’s Fall Grayson Kirk Lecture: Dr. Graeme Robertson on “Putin vs. the People?”

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Picture courtesy of CNBC. By Helen McHenry On October 23, Dr. Graeme Robertson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came to Miami to discuss the current situation of Russian politics under President Vladimir Putin. Based on his … Continue reading

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Who is Kolchak?

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By Zinaida Osipova It was Konstantin Khabensky’s part in the 2008 film Admiral that revived Alexander Kolchak’s name among the wider Russian population almost a century after he had lived. The movie portrayed Kolchak, who was an Imperial admiral and … Continue reading

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