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Posts tagged as “Soviet Union”

To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: A History of the Soviet Dissident Movement

The Jordan Center’s Colloquium Series serves to introduce the most recent work of scholars within the Slavic field. Participants come from universities across the country and abroad, and work in disciplines ranging from history, political science and anthropology to literature and film. The colloquium discussion is based on a working paper which will be circulated prior to the event. In…

The State of Human Rights Practice, Thought and Advocacy in the Post-Soviet Space

Please join us for a talk with Nate Schenkkan, Project Director of Freedom House’s Nations in Transit. This event is part of the Harriman at 70 Lecture Series. Nate Schenkkan is the Project Director of Freedom House’s Nations in Transit, an annual survey of democracy in the 29 former Communist countries of Europe and Eurasia. Prior to Nations in Transit, he worked…

The Man Who Saved the World

Please join the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at the Harriman Institute for a screening of the documentary film The Man Who Saved the World (2014). Run time: 1h42m SYNOPSIS ‘”Few people know of Stanislav Petrov… yet hundreds of millions of people are alive because of him.” The Man Who Saved the World (Starring: Walter Cronkite, Robert De Niro, Matt Damon and Kevin Costner) tells…

Black Square: Adventures in Post-Soviet Ukraine

Please join us for a talk with Sophie Pinkham (MARS-REERS ’12) about her new book, Black Square: Adventures in Post-Soviet Ukraine (Norton, 2016). From the Harriman Institute.