Oleksandr Polianichev
@OPolianichev
Historian of Tsarist Russia at @sodertorn • PhD from @EUI_History • Colonial and global history
The contract is signed, so now it’s official: starting next year, I'll be working on the project “Tropics of Tsardom: Plants and Empire in the South Caucasus,” an environmental history of the tsarist society’s longing for the tropical world, funded by #RiksbankensJubileumsfond.
A fascinating essay on Ru colonialism in Asia and the Middle East: "The fundamental difference between Western European and Russian imperial histories lies in Russia’s systematic silencing and emphatic denial of its own colonial record." newlinesmag.com/essays/the-his…
The portrayal of Russia as a perennial foe of Western imperialism has become a cornerstone of the Kremlin’s diplomacy. - @OPolianichev challenges this growing political mythology, for @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/essays/the-his…
Today, Tehran, Pyongyang, and Beijing are key backers of Russia’s war effort. But they share a deeper history: under the last tsar, Iran, China, and Korea all fell prey to its colonial appetite. My piece on Russia in the Global South for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-his…
Personal announcement: I’m transitioning to BlueSky from this collapsing platform. For those in academia still undecided – take the step! It's just so much better there.
A very interesting study on Russia’s newest “anti-colonial” narrative.
📚PUBLICATION📚 J'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer la parution de ma nouvelle étude de recherche à l'@IRSEM1 : "'À bas le néocolonialisme !' Résurgence d'un récit stratégique dans la Russie en guerre" 🧶⤵️ 1/12
The banality of evil has many names, and one of them is Andrei Kelin, Russia's ambassador to the UK. Speaking about the destruction of Mariupol with a smile on his face, he says it should have surrendered sooner. This is a smile of a butcher over tens of thousands of dead bodies.
The ambassador of Russia to the UK has told @SkyYaldaHakim that Mariupol would not have been destroyed if Ukraine had 'surrendered sooner' Watch the ambassador of Russia to the UK interview in full on The World with Yalda Hakim at 9pm 🌍📺➡️ trib.al/I1kGazI
"Ukraine nowhere near":
The ambassador of Russia to the UK has told @SkyYaldaHakim that Mariupol would not have been destroyed if Ukraine had 'surrendered sooner' Watch the ambassador of Russia to the UK interview in full on The World with Yalda Hakim at 9pm 🌍📺➡️ trib.al/I1kGazI
In an interview with the Russian Orthodox Church’s official TV channel, Metropolitan Evgenii of Ekaterinburg described Russia’s war in Ukraine as a “healing operation” to “cure” the “Little Russian people” of their “contagion and madness.” The idea that Ukrainstvo (Ukrainian…
Wir laden herzlich zum Oberseminar des Lehrstuhls für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte mit dem Schwerpunkt Geschichte Osteuropas ein. Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte in diesem Semester: Zwangsmigration, Zentralasien und Ukraine. osteuropa.phil.fau.de/oberseminar/
It is often believed that Imperial Russia had no settled black population. In the empire's south, however, there were villages inhabited by people of African descent. What do we know about them? A 🧵 on the tsarist black subjects. 1/