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Podcast #217: Eight Hundred Years of Russian Despotism

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Podcast #217: Eight Hundred Years of Russian Despotism

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to acclaimed historian Orlando Figes, whose new book traces Russia’s political dysfunction back to the age of Byzantium and the Mongol invasion.

This podcast is also available on YouTube.

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