"Everything must change for everything to remain the same" - this is how Tomasi di Lampedusa describes life in Sicily in his novel The Leopard.By Mariya and Victor

By Mariya and Victor

In the 10th century, Kievan Rus was first a military-trade company. Later, it turned into a Slavic state. Prince Oleg settled in Kiev and named it the mother of the cities of Rus.By Mariya and Victor

Realism, liberalism, Marxism, Neo-Marxism, and Constructivism are the major approaches to international relations.By Mariya and Victor

If Christianity is about Christ, why is the Old Testament included in the Bible?By Mariya and Victor

Thomas Hobbes founded a theory of modern state, as he looked for a way to stop religious wars that afflicted Europe and England, in particular, in the 16th and 17th centuries. He based his theory on the fear of death that is common for most people.By Mariya and Victor

He slept on the chest and was wearing poor clothes – Nikolai Fedorov was an unassuming librarian and a mentor of Tsiolkovsky, a father of astronautics, as well as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, big writers.By Mariya and Victor

Blaise Pascal (1623– 1662) believed that we are great when we are aware of our insignificance.By Mariya and Victor

In the 19th century, two names stand out when we think of philosophy in Russia – Alexander Herzen and Konstantin Leontiev. While Herzen was the father of Russian socialism, Leontiev was a conservative whose writings can explain how the idea of the decaying West came into being in Russia.By Mariya and Victor

Where did the catastrophe of the 14 century come from? Was the Renaissance delayed?By Mariya and Victor

In his treatise of 9 books, Herodotus described many peoples, countries, and events of the 5th century BC. He titled his work "History", which gave the name to a scholarly discipline.By Mariya and Victor

By Mariya and Victor

By Mariya and Victor

After the first world war, the Ottoman Empire collapsed and the Middle East emerged anew. What was the role of secular Arab nationalism in it?By Mariya and Victor

Born as a reaction to the Enlightenment, German Romanticism embraced many of its ideas.By Mariya and Victor

Catherine the Great was German and she came up with the Greek project for Russia.By Mariya and Victor

It happened when Russia won the war against Sweden, one of the most powerful European state, and became part of European geopolitical balance.By Mariya and Victor

Jesuits cast their missionary net far and wide. They aimed for China.By Mariya and Victor

Francisco Goya was Spain's road to modernity.By Mariya and Victor

The most important religious orders of the Catholic church. In the 13th century, the Franciscans "went to people," while the Dominicans filled the positions in the Inquisition.By Mariya and Victor

Once a powerful and self-centered empire, China is now a Communist state. In this episode, we talk about how Marxism, a Western ideology, became adopted to the Chinese conditions.By Mariya and Victor

Saint Augustine (354-430) was one of the most influential church fathers of Western Christianity. His concepts of eternity, time, and the human being laid the foundation of the Catholic Church.By Mariya and Victor

First published in 1731, this story written by Abbé Prévost is about moral degradation, fraud, loyalty, passion, and love.By Mariya and Victor

Michel Foucault, 1926-1984. Is he a historian, sociologist, philosopher? He is all this and much more,By Mariya and Victor

Smart in his speeches, clownish in his actions, Don Quixote is a modern character. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ch…

Does identity matter? Yes, as the case of a 16th-century imposter Martin Guerre proves it. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtub…

When the peasants speak, the elites are puzzled. In this episode we talk about how Carlo Ginzburg deciphered testimonies of a miller in a small village in Italy. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sampl…

What can we see in the French village of Montaillou? A community, a trial, and heretics, but also a world of Christianity. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversatio…

Knowledge is impossible without memory. In the epoch of Renaissance, memory could be a theater. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.y…

A staunch Catholic, Thomas More raised his voice against sheep "that ate people." To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/cha…

He is the most influential philosopher of the 20th century and one of the most difficult ones to understand. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: …

The capitalists and the workers are like Tom and Jerry – always in a fight. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/U…

Colonization means settlement in new areas, but also control over the people and resources. Are there differences between Spanish. Portuguese, or British colonization? To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free…

In the 17th century, Jan Sobieski, the king of the powerful Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth saved Vienna from the Ottoman Empire. A hundred years later, this state disappeared from the map. How was it possible? To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian…

Held in 1756-63, this war's consequences are still felt. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ7pE0ufROXRDlQSlVW…

When men go to war, women go to war and to the factories. And this change is irreversible. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtub…

Treachery has many faces, and some of them are unreconcilable. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ7pE0ufROXRD…

Bonapartism comes from Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte. There were actually two Napoleons, the First and the Third. These emperors could not do without plebiscites. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Samp…

You need Latin and Greek to have the Renaissance, but the Eastern Slavs had Church Slavonic. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.yout…

After Charlemagne, Charles V Habsburg was arguably the most famous Charles. His empire was enormous, nevertheless he abdicated in 1555. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russia…

Rome conquered Greece, but Greece conquered Rome. It is easy to see it, when reading Plutarch. And it is not that difficult to read his Parallel Lives! To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcri…

Alsace was on the move from the Holy Roman Empire to France, from France to the German Empire, and then again back to France. And now Alsace speaks Alsatian and French. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our fre…

Here are the dates: the Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905, the First Russian revolution of 1905, WWI of 1914-1918, the February revolution of 1917, the October revolution of 1917. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try wit…

From the ancient East to the medieval South to the modern West. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ7pE0ufROXR…

When Elias read textbooks on good manners, he discovered how bad the manners were. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ch…

Enlightenment means light. Coming from England, it made its way to Europe via France. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com…

Reformation generated Counterreformation. They both gave rise to modern Europe. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/chann…

If analysis means violence, what is the alternative? To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ7pE0ufROXRDlQSlVWiLqQ…

Yes, we can. No, we cannot. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ7pE0ufROXRDlQSlVWiLqQ Ready to leave the class…

There was another war. It took place at home. To access transcripts for this and other episodes, visit https://store.lrcpodcast.ca Find out how to rapidly make progress in spoken Russian How to listen Give it a try with our free Sample transcripts Learn Russian Conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ7pE0ufROXRDlQSlVWiLqQ Ready …