Learn Russian Conversation
Mariya and Victor
Show overview
Learn Russian Conversation has been publishing since 2021, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 200 episodes. That works out to roughly 35 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 8 min and 11 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a RU-RU-language Education show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 2.5 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2021, with 98 episodes published. Published by Mariya and Victor.
From the publisher
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Latest Episodes
View all 200 episodesEp 241286--287 Eternal Sicily in the Modern Age
"Everything must change for everything to remain the same" - this is how Tomasi di Lampedusa describes life in Sicily in his novel The Leopard.
Ep 240270–271 Karl Polanyi and capitalism
Ep 239284–285 Prince Oleg of Kiev – the epic hero
In the 10th century, Kievan Rus was first a military-trade company. Later, it turned into a Slavic state. Prince Oleg settled in Kiev and named it the mother of the cities of Rus.
Ep 238282–283 International relations - theories and approaches
Realism, liberalism, Marxism, Neo-Marxism, and Constructivism are the major approaches to international relations.
Ep 237280–281 Gnostics and the Bible
If Christianity is about Christ, why is the Old Testament included in the Bible?
Ep 236278–279 Leviathan of Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes founded a theory of modern state, as he looked for a way to stop religious wars that afflicted Europe and England, in particular, in the 16th and 17th centuries. He based his theory on the fear of death that is common for most people.
Ep 235276–277 Nikolai Fedorov – resurrection and cosmos
He slept on the chest and was wearing poor clothes – Nikolai Fedorov was an unassuming librarian and a mentor of Tsiolkovsky, a father of astronautics, as well as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, big writers.
Ep 234274–275 Blaise Pascal – the last believer
Blaise Pascal (1623– 1662) believed that we are great when we are aware of our insignificance.
Ep 233272–273 Are there philosophers in Russia?
In the 19th century, two names stand out when we think of philosophy in Russia – Alexander Herzen and Konstantin Leontiev. While Herzen was the father of Russian socialism, Leontiev was a conservative whose writings can explain how the idea of the decaying West came into being in Russia.
Ep 232268-269 Did the Black Death delay the Renaissance?
Where did the catastrophe of the 14 century come from? Was the Renaissance delayed?
Ep 231266–267 Herodotus – the father of history
In his treatise of 9 books, Herodotus described many peoples, countries, and events of the 5th century BC. He titled his work "History", which gave the name to a scholarly discipline.
Ep 229264–265 Iran between Islam and the West
Ep 228263–264 The borders of Iraq
Ep 227260–261 The birth of Middle East
After the first world war, the Ottoman Empire collapsed and the Middle East emerged anew. What was the role of secular Arab nationalism in it?
Ep 226258–259 German Romanticism
Born as a reaction to the Enlightenment, German Romanticism embraced many of its ideas.
Ep 225256–257 Russia’s Greek project
Catherine the Great was German and she came up with the Greek project for Russia.
Ep 224254–255 When Russia became part of Europe
It happened when Russia won the war against Sweden, one of the most powerful European state, and became part of European geopolitical balance.
Ep 223252–253 Jesuits in China
Jesuits cast their missionary net far and wide. They aimed for China.
Ep 222250–251 Goya, Spain, and modern art
Francisco Goya was Spain's road to modernity.
Ep 221248—249 Franciscans and Dominicans
The most important religious orders of the Catholic church. In the 13th century, the Franciscans "went to people," while the Dominicans filled the positions in the Inquisition.