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In this episode, Matthew takes on the shifting relations between the vast Soviet Peasantry and the newly in-power (and not at all solidified) Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the sometimes frustrating, sometimes exciting, but ever-hopeful years of the New Economic Policy.

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Matthew explores the Soviet working class and its relations to the the state and the Communist Party in the early USSR.

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Jason presents on early communist efforts to reshape society in the USSR of the 1920's.

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Matthew presents on the New Economic Policy and its impact on early Soviet society.

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Jason and Matthew present on the Soviet constitutions of 1918 and 1924.

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In the second supplementary episode, Matthew gives a breakneck course on the Russian Revolution and Civil War.

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“The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” Petrograd 1917. Directed by Simon Wincer. American Broadcasting Company, 1993

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In this first supplemental episode, Jason presents on the history of the revolutionary tradition in the Russian Empire, covering the Decemberist Coup, the Narodnik movement, the Revolution of 1905, and more.

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Matthew provides some insight into the motivations behind a new Soviet history podcast.

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Buck-Morss, Susan. Dreamworld and Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in East and West. The MIT Press, 2002.

Boulgakov, Mikhail. The Master and Margarita. Translated by Hugh Aplin, Alma Classics, 2018.

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Kreischner, Bert. “Why I am Famous.” Youtube. Uploaded by Bert Kreischner. Accessed 2 April 2025. https://youtu.be/paG1-lPtIXA?si=v2p1mTgQOmfRcBih

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The Death of Stalin. Directed by Armando Iannucci. Gaumont, 2017.