155. Ukraine and Russia
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155. Ukraine and Russia mentions East West Street by Philippe Sands and The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
Philippe Saint. And the human rights lawyer wrote an absolutely brilliant book called East West Street about the extermination of the Jews in Lviv, w…
So, you know, in a sense, the kind of the idea that you have of East European culture is at least as much Ukrainian as it is Polish.
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The host mentions 'East West Street' to highlight the historical context of Jewish extermination in Lviv, which is cr…
The host mentions 'The White Guard' to illustrate the chaotic and violent landscape of Ukraine during the Russian Civ…
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“Philippe Sands wrote an absolutely brilliant book called East West Street about the extermination of the Jews in Lviv, which brings the historical context alive.”
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“There's a brilliant novel by Mikhail Bulgakov called The White Guard that captures the chaos in Kiev during the Russian Civil War, with armies changing hands frequently and horrific events occurring.”
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