
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 theoristsCritics of religions19th-century pseudonymous writersAnti-nationalistsPseudoscience20th-century pseudonymous writersSocialist feministsRussian atheistsLeaders who took power by coupLamarckismNobility from the Russian EmpireEmigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany, Political party foundersRussian male journalistsVladimir Lenin19th-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 revolutionariesAnti-monarchistsAnti-imperialists
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
PhilosophySocialist feminists20th-century atheists20th-century pseudonymous writersNobility from the Russian EmpireRussian atheistsMarxist theoristsEmigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany, Political party founders19th-century atheistsCritics of religionsAtheist philosophersRussian male journalists19th-century pseudonymous writersAnti-nationalistsPolitical philosophersVladimir Lenin19th-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 revolutionariesAnti-monarchistsAnti-imperialistsLeaders who took power by coup