Russia's Pivot to Asia From Czars to Putin

<p>How did Russian imperial ambitions and expansionism eastward change over time?</p><br><p>Joining me on this episode is <a href="https://twitter.com/crmiller1?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris Miller</a>, author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/We-Shall-Be-Masters-Russian/dp/0674916441" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We Shall Be Masters: Russian Pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin</a>. Chris is a history professor at the <a href="http://fletcher.tufts.edu/Fletcher_Directory/Directory/Faculty%20Profile?personkey=65A0F72B-6D23-479D-860F-DDDDEC8B5D5F" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fletcher School </a>and Eurasia Director at the <a href="https://www.fpri.org/research/eurasia/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Foreign Policy Research Institute</a>.</p><p>Cohosting is independent researcher, journalist and fellow at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute <a href="https://twitter.com/kamilkazani?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kamil Galeev</a>. Reach out to him <a href="https://twitter.com/kamilkazani?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on twitter</a> if you have a place for him to live in DC!</p><p>We also look at:</p><ul><li>How the fur trade spurred Russian interest in Alaska, California and Hawaii</li><li>Russia, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party</li><li>Why Xinjiang didn’t end up like Mongolia</li><li>Chairman Mao’s new shoes</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Outtro music: Kamil's suggestion of what he tells me was a Soviet anti-Japanese war song (it slaps) </p><p>Три танкиста (three tank men) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp22_BHJDJk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp22_BHJDJk</a></p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/1959352">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>

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