Category Archives: Terrorism

Demons

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Joshua Sanborn

“Every extremely shameful, immeasurably humiliating, mean, and, above all, ridiculous position I have happened to get into in my life has always aroused in me, along with boundless wrath, an unbelievable pleasure.” – Nikolai Stavrogin, in Demons (692) I gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Russian History, Terrorism, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

1979, the End of the Cold War, and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Andrew Jenks

Nineteen seventy nine was a pivotal year in twentieth-century history – as momentous, perhaps, as 1945 and the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II. The Soviets invaded Afghanistan; Iranian revolutionaries seized American hostages in Tehran and overthrew … Continue reading →

Posted in Soviet Afghanistan War, Soviet Era 1917-1991, Terrorism, Transnational History | 3 Comments

The Summer of Terror

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Andrew Jenks

I just showed a documentary for a group of students here at Long Beach State by Julia Ivanova entitled “Moscow Freestyle.” Completed in 2006, it provides an interesting perspective on the terrifying summer of 2004 in Moscow — and one … Continue reading →

Posted in Post-Soviet Russia, Teaching Russian History, Terrorism | 4 Comments