Robert Service
Professor of Russian History at the University of Oxford
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
SciencePhilosophyAtheist philosophers20th-century atheists19th-century atheistsPolitical philosophersMarxist theorists19th-century pseudonymous writersCritics of religionsAnti-nationalistsPseudoscience20th-century pseudonymous writersSocialist feministsLeaders who took power by coupRussian atheistsLamarckism19th-century philosophers from the Russian Empire, 20th-century Russian philosophers, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Switzerland, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom, Russian communists, Russian revolutionariesRussian male journalistsAnti-monarchistsVladimir LeninAnti-imperialistsEmigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany, Political party foundersNobility from the Russian Empire
Lysenkoism
Melvyn Bragg discusses the dark world of science under Joseph Stalin through the career of his chief geneticist Trofim Lysenko.
5 June 2008
Also featuring: Steve Jones, Catherine Merridale
Lenin
Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled him to develop a model to export communism and build an original political system that remained intact for over seventy years.
16 March 2000
Also featuring: Vitali Vitaliev
Philosophy19th-century philosophers from the Russian Empire, 20th-century Russian philosophers, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Switzerland, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom, Russian communists, Russian revolutionariesSocialist feministsRussian male journalistsAnti-monarchistsMarxist theorists20th-century atheists19th-century pseudonymous writersVladimir Lenin19th-century atheistsLeaders who took power by coupAnti-nationalistsCritics of religionsPolitical philosophersAnti-imperialistsRussian atheistsEmigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany, Political party foundersAtheist philosophersNobility from the Russian Empire20th-century pseudonymous writers19th century20th centuryRussia