‘Russian History’ by Dominic Lieven

Historian Dominic Lieven delivers a lecture on Russian history at a symposium organized by the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. The lecture took place on July 4 in Yerevan.

Dominic Lieven is a distinguished British historian and professor specializing in Russian and international history. He is currently a senior research fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a fellow of the British Academy. His research focuses on the Russian Empire, the Napoleonic Wars, and the First World War. He has authored several notable books, including “Russia Against Napoleon” and "Towards the Flame: Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia."

This year’s Monterey Summer Symposium on Russia took place in Yerevan, Tbilisi, and Istanbul from July 1 to July 20.

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[PatrikTrncakKostalov]

Much Respect to the Russian Federation from Slovak Republic! 🇸🇰 💪 🇷🇺

[noricd]

I listened to this twice. Historian Dominic Lieven engages here in COMPARATIVE HISTORY, distinguishing pre-1917 Russia from other empires, polities, and geographies. He is a specialist in Russian history with a considerable interest in the history of empires be they ancient, medieval or modern.

Most interesting for me is Lieven's point that compared to Western European nation-states, both the Ottoman and Russian Empires sealed their fate because they failed to develop a class of people to run a modernising bureaucracy in the 19th century when new ideas and industries were shaping developments elsewhere. He goes on to say that if the Romanov polity survived 1917 he anticipates that it might have evolved into a fascist state in the early 20th century.


Lieven's talk illustrates how ill-informed most commentary about Russia remains, as has generally been the case for about 500 years in European and North American commentary.

[barrylane]

Excellent. Russian History put into a relative context. I hope that you will post the next segment of the talk. Lieven is a true expert and a depoliticized one. Something that is very rare.

[betterdonotanswer]

There is no single piece of Russian history in the history of Muscovy (1502-1917) that emerged as a result of The Horde (1243-1502) disintegration and consisted of its former provinces, namely: the Big Horde (1433-1502), the khanate of Kazan (1438-1552), the khanate of Astrakhan (1466-1556), the khanate of Sibir (1468-1598), the Qasim khanate (1452-1681) and the Crimean khanate (1441–1783).

[MkryanRealEstateLA]

“For the brits amongst us” “
For the reasons we wont go through” hilarious😂😂

[special]

Read books by Alexander Pyzhikov (Russian historian). The most accurate depiction of Russian history.

[JameBlack]

Lol, this guy got Medal of Friendship from Russians in 2014. Enough said.

[minka]

Nobody cares about Russian history anymore. Please switch to something that matters.