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Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War | Lex Fridman Podcast #415
“this is a good moment to give some love to the HBO series it made me... it was so incredibly well done”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Serhii Plokhy: A historian at Harvard University and director of its Ukrainian Research Institute who specializes in the history of Eastern Europe, especially Ukraine and Russia. He has written widely on the Soviet Union, Chernobyl, nuclear disasters, and the current war, including 'The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History.'. Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy explains the Soviet collapse, Ukraine's national identity, Bandera, the KGB, Chernobyl, and the roots of the Russia-Ukraine war.
