Episode 79: The Russian Revolution w/ Lewis Siegelbaum

November 16, 2017
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The Russian Revolution that began with the fall of Tsar Nicholas II in February of 1917 and continued into a second revolution the following October, is unquestionably one of the most significant events in modern history. The October Revolution brought Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party from relative obscurity to the leaders of the first communist nation, later called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and the economic and ideological system espoused by Soviet leaders transformed Russia from an underdeveloped nation on the periphery of Europe into a global super power in just a few decades. In this episode we speak with Russian history expert (and Ben’s former dissertation advisor) Lewis Siegelbaum to discuss the series of events that led to the Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union, and why he tells his students that ignoring the Soviet Union in 20th century is like “clapping with one hand.”

 

Dr. Lewis SiegelbaumDr. Lewis Siegelbaum

 

Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum

Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum is the Jack & Margaret Sweet Professor of History at Michigan State University, and one of the most prolific historians on the history of the Soviet era. He has published and edited twelve books, the most recent of which are Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile (Cornell University Press, 2008) and Broad is My Native Land: Repertoires and Regimes of Migration in Russia’s Twentieth Century (Cornell, 2014), which he co-wrote w Leslie Page Moch.

Links:
-Lewis Siegelbaum’s faculty profile at Michigan State University
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History (a multi-media archive of primary materials created by Lewis Siegelbaum and James Von Geldern)

 

This episode brought to you with support from our sponsor, Ramseur Records.This episode brought to you with support from our sponsor, Ramseur Records.

 

This episode brought to you with support from our sponsor, Ramseur Records.

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