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By Natasha Netzorg Richard Butterwick, The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1733-1795: Light and Flame. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. The 18th Century for Eastern Europe was full of turmoil, successes, and failures. The continent witnessed new mobility that spanned across political, … Continue reading
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By Ally Britton-Heitz Much like The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and The Book Thief, Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys is a work of historical fiction that outlines the government-backed tragedies of the World War II era. Yet … Continue reading
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By Spencer Silbey Samuel A Greene and Graeme B. Robertson’s Putin v. the People examines the manner in which the Putin regime has influenced Russia’s culture and political landscape. Delving into the influences and turning points of Russian society, Putin … Continue reading
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By August Hagemann Though Vasily Grossman holds that individuals are to be held accountable for their actions under Stalin’s regime, he contends in his novel Everything Flows that it is fate that ultimately determined who faced what set of circumstances … Continue reading
Note: Seven students enrolled in the Fall Colloquium, “Russia in War and Revolution,” review Joshua Sanborn’s recent book by exploring seven themes covered in it. Sanborn, Joshua, Imperial Apocalypse: The Great War and the Destruction of the Russian Empire. New … Continue reading
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HST/ATH/RUS 254 students enrolled in the spring 2015 all read the recent translation of Taras Shevchenko’s Kobzar by Peter Fedynsky. The class discussed the role Shevchenko’s poetry has played in the construction of Ukrainian nationhood. As a creative exercise, students composed their … Continue reading
