Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War | Lex Fridman Podcast

Serhii Plokhy, a historian at Harvard University, specializes in the history of Eastern Europe with a focus on Ukraine. He has written extensively on the collapse of the Soviet Union, the role of Ukraine in this collapse, and the current war in Ukraine. Plokhy delves into the origins of Slavic nations, the legacy of Kievan Rus, and the rise of Moscow as a political and cultural center.

00:00 Introduction
00:23 Collapse of the Soviet Union
00:51 Role of Ukraine in the Soviet Collapse
01:20 Vladimir Putin's Perspective
01:46 Origins of Slavic Nations
02:09 Kievan Rus
02:33 Moscow's Rise to Prominence
02:58 The Kievan Myth
03:25 The Kazak Manifesto
04:31 Stepan Bandera
05:04 The Neo-Nazi Problem in Ukraine
05:26 Denazification as a Justification for War
05:53 Yurav Hanka Incident
06:20 The Orange Revolution
06:47 The Revolution of Dignity
07:30 The Invasion of Crimea
07:54 The Conflict in the Donbas Region
09:03 Language and Identity in Ukraine
09:27 Putin's Essay on Russian and Ukrainian Unity
09:52 NATO's Role in the Conflict
10:15 Volodymyr Zelensky's Leadership
10:37 Failure of Peace Talks
11:00 Western Involvement in Peace Talks
11:23 Possible Trajectories of the War
11:47 Challenges Faced by Zelensky
12:20 Chernobyl Disaster
12:53 Nuclear Safety
13:28 Parallels with the Cold War
13:58 Hopeful Trajectory for the Future

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