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1 day agoTimothy Snyder, The Making of Modern Ukraine, Lecture #19: Oligarchies in Russia and UkraineFor those who are not familiar with Timothy Snyder, he is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages, including both Ukrainian and Russian. His book, “Bloodlands: Europe…Ukraine4 min readUkraine4 min read
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6 days agoTimothy Snyder, The Making of Modern Ukraine, Lecture #14: Interwar Poland’s UkrainiansFor those who are not familiar with Timothy Snyder, he is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks five and reads ten European languages, including both Ukrainian and Russian. His book, “Bloodlands: Europe…Ukraine4 min readUkraine4 min read
