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Posts by University of Pennsylvania Russian & East European Studies Dept.

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Penn Grad Talks | Alla Gutnkova Alla Gutnikova, Comparative Literature and Russian and East European Studies "Radical Tenderness: How Poetry and Art Help You Resist When You Become a Political Prisoner at 23" Humanities Presentati...

Radical Tenderness: How Poetry and Art Help You Resist When You Become A Political Prisoner at 23", a talk by Alla Gutnikova.

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The Infrastructure Trap: What Beijing Has Learned from Moscow’s Playbook in Central Asia President Xi Jinping’s decision to announce what would become the Belt and Road Initiative in Kazakhstan in 2013 was no accident. For thousands of years, Central Asia was the land corridor for the Sil...
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Virtual Event: Understanding the Outcome of Hungary Elections A timely discussion on the outcome of Hungary's recent election.

Understanding the Outcome of Hungary’s Elections

Date: April 20 at 3pm.

Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox.

Mitchell A. Orenstein is Professor of Russian and East European Studies at Upenn and Senior Fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Marie Harf will moderate.

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Псой Короленко. Маркиза
Псой Короленко. Маркиза YouTube video by ПРАВМИР

This is amazing! I can't stop listening to this.

This musician is going to be in Philly on April 22, 2026, at 7pm at Sweeney's on Philmont. Tickets are here:
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Radical Tenderness: How Poetry and Art Help You Resist When You Become a Political Prisoner at 23
Alla Gutnikova, Comparative Literature and Russian and East European Studies

Her talk will be delivered between 1-2 p.m. on Friday, March 27 in the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics.

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What if Harry Potter was a Soviet researcher? Reimagining Harry Potter as a Soviet scientist in 1970s. What if Harry Potter lived behind the Iron Curtain?
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Otar, Before He Left: The Cinema of Duration, Attention, and a Country Observed Sideways When DOCA Film Club launches a retrospective, the gesture rarely functions as a commemorative ritual. Over the years, DOCA has
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Oeuvre: Kurosawa: Dersu Uzala - Spectrum Culture For all the immediacy and flashiness of his masterful samurai films, it’s likely none are as spellbindingly vivid as Dersu Uzala, or…as moving as the depiction of Dersu and Arsenyev.
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The 'underground railroad': Saving Ukraine’s children from Russia Humanitarian group Save Ukraine is rescuing the country's children from Russia in a special operation described by its CEO as the "underground railroad."
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If you're in our neck of the woods on February 13, stop by to listen to this book talk.
#booktok #booktalk #russia

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The bi-weekly Russian conversation hour is starting this Wednesday!

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Третьяковскую галерею возглавила бывший директор Пушкинского музея и РОСИЗО Ольга Галактионова — Новая газета Европа Новым директором Государственной Третьяковской галереи назначена бывший директор Государственного музея изобразительных искусств им. Пушкина Ольга Галактионова. Об этом сообщила министр культуры РФ Ольга Любимова.

Olga Galaktionova, former director of the Pushkin Museum and ROSIZO, has been appointed head of the Tretyakov Gallery

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Central Asia’s Studied Silence on Iran’s Turmoil Central Asian governments’ silence is a strategic calculation driven by economic interests, authoritarian solidarity, and uncertainty about Washington’s next move.

#internationalrelations #centralasia

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‘I don’t want to be a populist — I want to be a realist’ Who is Ukraine’s new defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov? — Meduza On Wednesday, Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of Mykhailo Fedorov as the country’s new defense minister. One of the longest-serving members of the Ukrainian cabinet, Fedorov previously…

Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of Mykhailo Fedorov as the country’s new defense minister today, making him the fourth person to take up this post during the full-scale war.
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East Side Gallery Exhibition Review: A Focus on the Graffiti Painting 'My God, Help Me Survive This Deadly Love' Artist Dmitri Vrubel's implements various messages through the combination of different media in his creations. This short exhibition review of the East Side Gallery focuses on Vrubel's mural My God, ...

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Russian Revolution In 1917 Russian workers and women marched for bread and equality, catalyzing the end of czarist rule. A radical group, the Bolsheviks, had seized power in their name. What started as a dream of democr...

Russian revolution revisited. #russianhistory #russianart

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Hauser and Wirth Faces Trial Over Charge of Breaching Sanctions Hauser and Wirth and an art shipping company face trial over sanctions evasions charges brought by U.K. prosecutors.

Oh, the art world.

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The Russian View of Deep Battle: Implications for the War in Ukraine — Global Security Review Strategic Adversaries Deterrence

Hmmm.

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Пропагандист Владимир Соловьев предложил «начать СВО» в Армении и Центральной Азии. Послу России в Ереване вручили ноту протеста — Meduza Посла России в Армении Сергея Копыркина вызвали в МИД Армении после высказываний ведущего Владимира Соловьева о возможности проведения военной операции в этой стране.

Propagandist Vladimir Solovyov proposed to "start SWO" in Armenia and Central Asia. The Russian Ambassador in Yerevan was handed a note of protest

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The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism Love requires attention, affection, and reciprocal flow — a natural cycle of giving and receiving. Capitalism can easily commodify the first two, but the third resists the market. That’s precisely why...

By our own Dr. Kristen Ghodsee. #love #affection #relationships #capitalism #economy

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Песня "Спят усталые игрушки". Из "Спокойной ночи, малыши!" (1986)
Песня "Спят усталые игрушки". Из "Спокойной ночи, малыши!" (1986) YouTube video by Музыка на советском телевидении

This was a concluding animation of a children's TV show in the USSR. The show ended at 20:59 and then the children would be put to bed. This is so calming and lovely, enjoy!

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Central Asia Chooses Consolidation Over Integration Regional integration may become a matter for a future agenda, but the recent summit showcased a focus on cooperation and consolidation instead.

#centralasia #internationalrelations #thediplomat #thegreatgame

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От меня зависит. "Формула любви" #shorts  #shortsvideo #экранизация
От меня зависит. "Формула любви" #shorts #shortsvideo #экранизация YouTube video by Миколаш Дзурилла

"За десять дён одному не справиться. Тут помощник нужен. Homo sapiens"
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