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    Science and Spectacle in the 18th Century Russia
    Historian of Science Simon Werret on the Russian Academy of Sciences, the foundation of Saint Petersburg, and the application of a spectacle in order to develop scientific tradition
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    Russian Voyages and James Cook
    Historian of Science Simon Werret on the Russian maritime empire, sale of Alaska, and the role of trade in reclamation of remote lands
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    Statistics and State in USSR
    Historian Alain Blum on statistics as a tool of government and propaganda, the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s, and unresolved social problems
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    The Legacy of World War I Today
    Historian Jay M. Winter on the Arab world after World War I, 20th century authoritarian regimes and long-term effects of World War I in today’s politics
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    Before Command: The Russian Economy from Emancipation to Stalin
    Historian Paul Gregory on the agrarian crisis hypothesis, smychka, and the agricultural performance of Siberia
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    Importance of Nomads in Eurasian History
    Historian Thomas Barfield on the Xiongnu empire, Genghis Khan, and the Mongolian tax policy
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