Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War | Lex Fridman Podcast #415

Serhii Plokhy is a Ukrainian historian at Harvard University, director of the Ukrainian Research Institute, and an author of many books on history of Eastern Europe, including his latest book The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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Serhii's Books

2006 - The Origins of the Slavic Nations

2010 - Yalta: The Price of Peace

2012 - The Cossack Myth: History and Nationhood in the Age of Empires

2014 - The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union

2015 - The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine

2016 - The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold War Spy Story

2017 - Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation

2018 - Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy

2021 - Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

2021 - The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present

2022 - Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disaster

2023 - The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

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