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Subscribe to our telegram to stay in touch: https://t.me/novaya_europe Yuri Pivovarov is a candidate of historical sciences, doctor of political sciences, professor, and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Evropa, discussed with him Russia's historical path, the war for the past, Putin's myth-making, and the "microbe of totalitarianism." Episode timestamps: 01:16 — What will history textbooks write about the war in Ukraine? 02:16 — Are Putin's dictatorships similar to Hitler's? 07:35 — What periods of history should we read about to understand the origins of Russia's war with Ukraine? 12:48 — Is Russia part of the West? 18:00 — Why did it seem in the 90s that the worst periods in Russian history were over? 24:20 — "Let us live beautifully": is the attractiveness of totalitarian regimes growing? 29:10 — What would Pivovarov say to the people who erected a monument to Dzerzhinsky? 33:00 — About the neo-totalitarian nature of today's Russian society 40:35 — Why is the topic of the past so important for the Russian dictatorship? 44:30 — Where does Putin get his historical imagination from? 52:40 — Putin — the leader of the anti-colonialist resistance? 55:40 — About Putin's myth-making and history All the most interesting stuff here: https://t.me/novaya_europe / novayagazeta_eu / novayagazeta_eu / novayaeurope