Russia and History

Russia and HistoryThe Matt Townsend Show • Season 4, Episode 104, Segment 1

May 21, 2015 • 45m

Jeff Hardy Assistant Professor of Russian and Eastern European History at BYU. BYU (BA ’01, MA ’06) and Princeton University (PhD ’11). Primary research focus is the penal system (Gulag) of the Soviet Union. Dr. Hardy joins Dr. Townsend to discuss how events from Russian history have influenced their current political decisions.

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