Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. Transcript: lexfridman.com/serhii-plokhy-transcript 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - Eight Sleep: eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings - Shopify: shopify.com/lex to get $1 per month trial - NetSuite: netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour - AG1: drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 month supply of fish oil 1:18 - Collapse of the Soviet Union 17:27 - Origins of Russia and Ukraine 30:30 - Ukrainian nationalism 38:13 - Stepan Bandera 1:07:13 - KGB 1:22:11 - War in Ukraine 1:58:27 - NATO and Russia 2:09:30 - Peace talks 2:23:17 - Ukrainian Army head Valerii Zaluzhnyi 2:29:54 - Power and War 2:40:45 - Holodomor 2:47:17 - Chernobyl 2:57:51 - Nuclear power 3:07:28 - Future of the world

@yuriimakarov4832

2 ай бұрын

Very thank full for this guest, I almost lost hope and thought you will invite guests that repeat russian propaganda narrative

@nikan2269

2 ай бұрын

Nice follow-up after TC. I know this is a topic you are passionate about based on past discussions and posts. Thank you for sharing this content.🤙🏼

@reggiesilver384

2 ай бұрын

ty Lex gg wp gl hf

@metju30

2 ай бұрын

Totally delusional in his predictions

@FaerieSidhe

2 ай бұрын

When is the Destiny Finkelstein debate going to be available? Is it a secret??????

Whoever was doing the subtitles kept writing "Kazakhs" whenever he said "Cossacks". There's a big difference between the two groups.

@sacramentofwilderness6656

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I've burst into laughing when seeing this.

@BoolatGuzairov

2 ай бұрын

Not for those guys. We are all barbarians for them.

@sherrillwhately7586

2 ай бұрын

Ukrainians transliteration of Cossack is Kozak.

@Yablonskiis

2 ай бұрын

"Kazakh" is a citizen of Kazakhstan, have nothing to do with Cossacks

@sherrillwhately7586

2 ай бұрын

@@Yablonskiis Correct. Kazakhs come from Kazakhstan. Kozaks from Ukraine. I’m afraid I might get the plural ending wrong, probably Kozaki.

Lex, I don't know how often you read your comments but listening to your podcasts with political thinkers and historians has done a lot for me. I started college at 16 and have delayed my graduation over and over again because I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do. I majored in Political Science. The amount of knowledge that I had gained from these podcasts had inspired me to open up a few books and it reignited my interest in my field, making me happy to finally decide to make a career out of this. Thank you

@kurtdixon4700

2 ай бұрын

Wow! That is very inspiring!

@muhammadhasanin8413

2 ай бұрын

Good speed Michael. It’s never delayed, you’re only on time brother. Good luck in your endeavors

@jeffjames3111

2 ай бұрын

Amazing. Thanks.

@TheTarotDJ333

2 ай бұрын

What a cool comment for Lex to get! 🌟 Good luck, Michael, with whatever you decide to do! Knowledge is the key to freedom!✨️

@TheTarotDJ333

2 ай бұрын

LEX IS HOT!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Пан Сергій - фаховий та поважний вчений. На питання "в чому сенс вторгнення в 2022?" майстерно почав з "коли війна почалась в 2014..." Brilliantly

@AvatarSD

Ай бұрын

Так, хоча в багатьох аспектах, по типу: чому Ярослав Мудрий почав штампувати гривну, він не розповів)

@ufukpolat3480

Ай бұрын

He also skillfully ignored the Maidan Coup, the right wing violence and US state department support leading up to it. What a clown is this guy that he never mentions the role of Victoria Nuland, as if she hasn't been exposed meddling in Ukrainian affairs. Ukraine got what it deserved because of people like Serhii.

@irina573

Ай бұрын

@@ufukpolat3480 the ears of the Kremlin stick out from under your hat. hello mr major of russion FSB 😄🤡

@kanycmun

Ай бұрын

@@irina573of course I see how are you dumb. Just see how much people was at maidan, and how much was at full Ukraine. Too close argument my boy

@tarasshevchenko8917

Ай бұрын

⁠@@irina573Yet he’s not wrong. There has been meddling way before 2014. If there is a counter argument, it would be nice to have a constructive discussion. Дякую.

Better later then never: 1st Ukrainian voice on this podcast for last 2 years

@cookml

2 ай бұрын

How many Russians voices have we heard?

@planet-karma

Ай бұрын

​@@cookml Tucker Carlson, John Meirsheimer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Oliver Stone - among others. He gives a stage to many Americans who parrot Russian propaganda - knowingly or not. Hearing from Ukrainians at least allows people to hear the side of the country being invaded - and constantly disparaged by his guests.

@Grek1574

Ай бұрын

@@cookmlTaker😂

@andrewdemchyshyn6599

Ай бұрын

@@cookml I mean every podcast have “russian” voice

@andrewdemchyshyn6599

Ай бұрын

@@cookml jokes aside, every other guest that talk on topic of geopolitics is russian simp or carrying pro russian views on russia war on Ukraine. There were Guests without pro russian views - you can even say they hold anti russian but American views, not Ukrainian view. The difference is that you can say to anti russian American “it is fake, it is propaganda, you believe media too much” when you discuss russian war, but you cant say it that easily to Ukrainians, they know their facts about invasion directly from their relatives and friends also they understand russian language and that’s why understand more clearly what russians say and what their goal is.

There are mistakes in the subtitles. When Serhii Plokhy talks about Cossacks, in the subtitles we see "Kazakhs".

@Andrey-il8rh

2 ай бұрын

Maybe because it's autogenerated?

@ilkayylmaz2354

2 ай бұрын

@@Andrey-il8rh There are two subtitle options: 1. English - Default 2. English (auto-generated). I'm talking about the first one. I haven't even looked at the second one.

@Gargoiling

2 ай бұрын

I prefer "Qazaqs". "Kazakh" reflects Russian pronunciation and, as you know, this is a Turkic language, no more closely related to Russian than to English. If we have Türkiye, why not Qazaqstan?

@ilkayylmaz2354

2 ай бұрын

@@Gargoiling We shouldn't have Türkiye in English at all. The letter "ü" is not even part of the English alphabet. Should we call Germany "Deutschland", Spain "España" or Albania "Shqipëria"? That's ridiculous.

@joanlivingston686

2 ай бұрын

The captions are done by AI.

One minor correction (at 18:44): "Once we had Czechoslovaks, now we have Czechs and Slovaks." Sorry for going nitpicky, but compared to the others mentioned, it's a bit misleading. Slovaks, Moravians and Czechs (going east-to-west) can technically be taken as three stages of settling in one direction of the slavic diaspora. But Czechoslovakia and the idea of a joint nation is an invention of the early 20th Century, made out of sheer convenience to make a better case for RE-establishing a country after the breakup of Austro-Hungaria. Sadly enough, the wider English culture remains oblivious to anything that went on between the German and Russian lands prior to Napoleon winning at Austerlitz. Like... Czechs having a fairly singificant presence in Europe for centuries as a nation and kingdom (until the 1620 Battle of White Mountain), even having one of their major monarchs as the Holy Roman Emperor (Charles IV, recently elevated from virtually-unknown to somewhat-known worldwide thanks to the game Kingdom Come: Deliverance). Czechs and Slovaks exist as separate nations/ethnics/... since pre-1000AD and in the case of Czechs, the oldest written local sources go down to the 13th Century. Differences between Czechs and Moravians are barely worth mentioning, as both groups always maintained close ties. But Slovaks were largely separated from much of their western kin most of the time, mostly due to geographic and political reasons. The Czechoslovak get-together-again after WW1 was an idealistic political stunt that looked great on paper back then, but was doomed to fail in the long run in any case. This would be worth a whole socio-economic lecture. Also, the thing about "Bohemia" and "Bohemians" is a sad historical misnomer worthy of an entire lecture too.

@unreliablenarrator6649

2 ай бұрын

See my comment for a correction of a rediculously inaccurate board statement he makes. I'll suggest he is not an expert on East Asian history and should probably say less until he learns more.

2 ай бұрын

there was a common empire "great moravia" in 9-10th century, the split happened when Magyar came then it became Bohemia and Hungary

@cioccolateriaveneziana

2 ай бұрын

But Great Moravia wasn't a "national state", it was simply an early medieval state-like formation of some slavic tribes. And the tribe that later gave name to the Czech nation, the ancient Czechs, was just one peripheral tribe dependent on the prince of Moravia. @

@PKowalski2009

2 ай бұрын

I don't know whether 1,000 years ago Czechs were ethnically different from Poles or Slovaks; whether countries didn't distinguish themselves earlier than nations. But you are right -- talking about the ancient past using the word "Czechoslovakian" is a biting mistake here.

@yurilytviak9066

2 ай бұрын

This is true , but I understood Plokhy as explaining how matters looked or was described in the west , especially america…

I also liked Timothy Snider’s work of Ukrainian history. Such a great work. With it’s dark and bright sides revealed. Thank you Lex for interesting interview ❤

@ruslankbr5243

Ай бұрын

Did Snider explain why Azov uses Nazis symbols of Wolfsangel and Black Sun?

@Grek1574

Ай бұрын

@@ruslankbr5243I think for the same reason that russian “Rusich” battalion call them self a nazi battalion.

@Kirill-bi4gh

Ай бұрын

@@ruslankbr5243 don't pay attention to that. it's just most pure Russian propaganda

@Kirill-bi4gh

Ай бұрын

Better take a look at one of the founders of the Wagner PMC (Dmitry Utkin). He had tatoos with Nazi symbols on his chest.. That's insane.

@ruslankbr5243

Ай бұрын

@@Kirill-bi4gh really but I did deep research and this is pure truth. I can explain you their roots and symbols)

Lex, this is a great interview! Have you considered mediating a debate between Plokhy and Mearsheimer, whose theories go unchallenged?

@okplay9446

2 ай бұрын

Great idea

@renatobelic

Ай бұрын

Mearsheimer would crash his claims.For instance,this guy somehow conclude that for Putin the collapse of SSSR was bigger tragedy than loss of man during the ww2. So, Mearsheimer would have probably tell him that you can't compare loss of life kind of tragedy with the term "GEOPOLITICAL catastrophe"!Putin said it very clear for the most of people,but this guy is not one of them.If you want to learn from guy who can't comprehend a simple sentence,go on.This kind of people are not seeking the truth,they already decided what it looks like and then they looking for pretext for it.

@saturn_in_blue

Ай бұрын

Mearshiemer is a coward, fraud and compulsive liar. He would never agree to an interview with someone who could expose his lies.

@ldhorricks

Ай бұрын

@@renatobelic what on earth are you talking about?

@renatobelic

Ай бұрын

@@ldhorricks Putin has described the collapse of Soviet Union as a "largest GEOPOLITICAL catastrophe of the century".He did not describe it as a largest human tragedy,or human loss.If he would do that,then this so-called historian could claim that for Putin "the biggest tragedy is not the loss of life,the biggest tragedy is the loss of the great power..."Do you understand now,or should I draw it to you?

You need to invite Timothy Snyder too.

@manlikederek925

2 ай бұрын

I think he's done Lex's podcast before

@Abby-np5rr

2 ай бұрын

He is completely out of touch

@andreme7326

2 ай бұрын

@@Abby-np5rr he's an expert on the subject.

@ageekay3879

2 ай бұрын

Please no 😂

@SergiyJust

2 ай бұрын

Would be good but Lex probably would afraid to. As Timothy is very open & sincere about nature of russians 😊

Please lex, have more historians. Thanks for the conversations

@wishIKnewHowToLove

2 ай бұрын

this "historian" is rewriting history...

@Petro250

2 ай бұрын

@@wishIKnewHowToLoveprove it, he had some minor inaccuracies but for the most part was correct objectively

@iamthereforeistrive9392

2 ай бұрын

Historians...who is ordering them the narrative? I no longer know who to trust. I do not even know is having a historian from the opposite side would help. Maybe a historian of the C.I.A. (not their own), or some kind of an "Economic Assassin" guest would help see better how the relationships BTW close nations were historically muddled with.

@salimmazariboufares3118

2 ай бұрын

This one is not a historian, is a propagandist.

@liamriley9816

2 ай бұрын

“Historians”

from 2:43:00-2:47:00 in this interview: I was taken with S.P.'s way of expressing a very wise observation. Thanks, Lex, for once again helping us to understand the issues of the day by interviewing some of the most thoughtful folk on these topics.

Started watching this, 30 mins in I paused, read several works by, or about Pushkin, Tolstoy, Trotsky, Dostoevsky, and others. Now I am coming back to finish watching the rest of the video, with some context. Thanks Mr Friedman...

11:52 Serhii mentions that "level of russification is much higher" in the post soviet state of Russia. The closed captions says 'unification' rather than 'russification.' This mistranslation/ failure at writing the correct words used is something that should be corrected, as the meaning conveyed by those two terms is strikingly different for everyone who is not perhaps Russian.....

@zetristan4525

2 ай бұрын

You could not have been pleased when it automatically transcribed you as Wank a witch

@yuriywankiewicz6689

2 ай бұрын

@@zetristan4525 funny

@zetristan4525

2 ай бұрын

​@@yuriywankiewicz6689And wouldn't Plokhy be translated as Bads? 😜If not, my bad...

@daniel8728

2 ай бұрын

And the Ukrainization of Russians, Hungarians, Poles, Romanians, and others is just dandy! Hypocrisy!

@yuriywankiewicz6689

2 ай бұрын

@@daniel8728 What was done in Ukrainianization? All I know is Ukraine trying to make Ukranian the only official language, anything else? Cause if not then there's no comparison here.

As a Ukrainian I'd like to note a thing about languages. Ukrainian is really close to Belarusian and I've heard conversations where two people would speak their native languages and it was easily comprehensive. As far as I know russians have troubles comprehending both Ukrainian and Belarusian languages due to very different vocabulary and very distinct phonetics.

@cioccolateriaveneziana

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for confirming my observation.

@PUARockstar

2 ай бұрын

As another Ukrainian who understands Belarusian nearly perfectly in all forms (despite never learning it), can confirm it. Also, many Belarusians also understand me in Ukrainian without much trouble at all.

@OverwatchUA

2 ай бұрын

Yep, can confirm. I can comprehend Belarussian without too much trouble. My Belarussian friend can easily understand me too, however the tragedy is that he won't speak Belarussian to me... drumroll... because he doesn't know his own language good enough to speak it! I knew about the russification of Belarus, but when he told me in details the extent to which it happened in the 90s and 2000s, I was completely blown away.

@user-xt3sd5kf5c

Ай бұрын

Its simmilar to russian i can speak russian i learnd in my teens but never learnd ukranian, i understand ukranian easy

@olgaltey3278

Ай бұрын

Russians understand Ukrainian perfectly. And it depends on what form of Ukrainian you mentioned, I am Ukrainian and understand Western Ukrainian with big difficulties, but Polish would not have problems, Linguistically, all 3 language: Russian, Ukrainian and Belorussian s belong to 1 group; it would be strange if countries had borders that were not connected

When professor says “we should do what our predecessors did in the Cold War” what does he mean? He was in the Soviet Union at a time, studying in a University in Moscow. Who is “we” in this case and who are his “predecessors”?

@johnlyndonescario419

2 ай бұрын

Imagine American historians (many, if not all) aren't guided by ideology too lol.

@amotriuc

Ай бұрын

we prob current generation, predecessors the generation during Cold War, both sided.

Thank you both for a truly worthwhile 3+ hours, previously I had a rather sketchy knowledge (very sketch)y!) of Ukrainian history, I now feel I might be in a position to learn a lot more - re-read Bloodlands, listen to your program once again, buy a book or two of the professor’s books.

My great grandmother was from Nova Lesna, Slovakia so I am eager to hear this episode and learn more about that time. Many thanks

@standad7541

2 ай бұрын

Doporučuju Snyderovi lekce na yt.

@PRINCIPijalan

2 ай бұрын

After listening this western version of the history you need to listen the eastern version, and the truth is somewhere in the middle.

@oleh_1337

2 ай бұрын

@@PRINCIPijalan you mean the KGB version?

@MYOB2023

2 ай бұрын

@@standad7541 Timothy Snyder? I will look into it! Thanks!

@MYOB2023

2 ай бұрын

@@PRINCIPijalan Any suggestions on ones you find more accurate?

I am a Canadian with mixed Russian-Ukrainian ethnic background. Therefore the blunder in Canadian Parliament concerns me directly. It is so good to see that Dr. Plokhy is given a floor to lay out his views. I congratulate Lex on making it happen, Lex’s interview style is excellent for seeking the truth. In order to have a 3D view of a complex subject, one must be able to view it from several perspectives. In the last 10 to 15 years there has been a lot of academic research in Canada, USA, Sweden, Germany, Poland that was able to use the previously inaccessible archives on the difficult subject of nationalism in interwar, WW2 and post-WW2 period. There is also research on the role of Ukrainian extreme nationalists and far-right nationalists in the last few decades. I would encourage those who want to better understand the subject to become familiar with the works of those researcher, some which are given below. It is a pity that the OUN(b)’s own involvement in atrocities against Poles, Jews, Ukrainians and Russians is not given sufficient attention. Focusing exclusively on collaboration with German Nazis does not address heads-on the fascist ideology of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalist Bandera’s faction known as OUN(b) by it Ukrainian acronym. The fact that OUN(b) fought, as they claim, for Ukrainian independence does not absolve them from either collaboration with German Nazis nor their own atrocities. Similarly, the fact that Stalin collaborated with the Nazi Germany does not absolve OUN(b) actions and those persons involved in them. John-Paul Himka Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, Canada. He is a Canadian, an ethnic Ukrainian who believes it is critical to face the difficult history heads-on, rather than ignoring, cherry-picking or worse yet, whitewashing it. This is what allows one to separate wheat from the chaff and tell the good from the evil. He considers that heroization of OUN(b) and whitewashing their atrocities is a bland spot in the collective memory of the Ukrainian diaspora. This is in fact the root cause of the blunder of the Canadian Parliament giving a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a SS Galizien Nazi member, rather than some inexplicable mix-up which the Government officials cite. www.academia.edu/104655067/War_Criminality_A_Blank_Spot_in_the_Collective_Memory_of_the_Ukrainian_Diaspora Chrystia Freedland, Deputy Prime Minister was present in the Parliament and she clapped to Hunka enthusiastically. She is fluent in Ukrainian and Russian and spent a significant amount of time in Ukraine and Russia. She cannot plausibly claim ignorance of the subject of the involvement of Ukrainian nationalists and their atrocities during WW2 in inter- and post-war periods against Poles, Jews, Ukrainians and Russians. Her grandfather Michael Chomiak was the editor of Krakowski Visti, a Ukrainian Nationalistic newspaper in WW2 period that collaborated with Nazis and published antisemitic material and promoted Galizien SS Division. Chrystia Freeland must be well aware of John-Paul Himka research, who is, in fact, her uncle and son-in-law of Michael Chomiak. Freeland is actually acknowledged by Himka for helping to get some details rights in one of John-Paul Himka’s earlier papers. Skillful propaganda will certainly use some true facts, and the mere use of them by propaganda does not render them false. To effectively respond to propaganda it is essential to be able to handle the difficult truth heads-on, rather than brushing it away by saying “it is propaganda”. Silencing or ignoring those who point to the difficult truth does a disservice to the truth. So far, Canadian Government was unable to handle the truth on the difficult subject of the past Nazi war criminal. Anders Per Rudling, associate professor at the Lund University in Sweden. His research included Ukrainian Nationalism interwar, WW2 and post-WW2 period. Also - the Ukrainian Nationalism in Canada and whitewashing OUN (b) history in post-WW2 period. He authored many academic papers, as well as articles in the press on the subject. Below is one of the most recent ones. Attempts were made on to silence him and his research. Rudling, P. A. (2022). The Far-Right Ukrainian Diaspora's Policing of History. In N. Mörner (Ed.), The Many Faces of the Far Right in the Post-Communist Space: A Comparative Study on Far-Right Movements and Identity in the Region (pp. 42-60). sh.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1640388/FULLTEXT01.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1SzqDH53e9ffiPJIhYQ__jKYzlNRtV3xzFuomlz9nrw3eqz8SuWKh_SPU#page=42 Rudling, P. A., & McBride, J. (2024). By opening up the archives, Canada can finally address its past with Nazi war criminals. The Globe and Mail. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-by-opening-up-the-archives-canada-can-finally-address-its-past-with/#comments Grzegorz Rossoliński-Liebe, Research Associate and Lecturer Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut in Germany. His PhD thesis was on Stepan Bandera. Here is an article he wrote on the subject: www.academia.edu/9780848/Stepan_Bandera_The_Life_and_Afterlife_of_a_Ukrainian_Nationalist_Fascism_Genocide_and_Cult_Stuttgart_Ibidem_Press_2014_ Ivan Katchanovsky, professor at the University of Ottawa www.academia.edu/41023574/The_Far_Right_the_Euromaidan_and_the_Maidan_Massacre_in_Ukraine

@valuerc2664

2 ай бұрын

excelent coment

@niall0006

2 ай бұрын

Zelensky must be acutely aware of the history and he was also enthusiastically applauding.

@AlexanderSeven

2 ай бұрын

I stopped watching after he tried to whitewash Bandera saying "oh, Stalin also was cooperating with nazis", somehow forgetting that there was no nazi ideology in Soviet Union, and all cooperation was in fact trying to direct Hitler away from USSR while Soviets where preparing for inevitable war, and Bandera was just a terrorist who hated Jews, Poles, Russians and was killing anybody with different political views on future Ukraine.

@jossiesh7649

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment.

@sylviaowega3839

2 ай бұрын

Now is it possible that some of those Ukrainians that joined the German SS army during WWII for the sake of fighting against Russia, or an attempt to escape an imminent death, as opposed to supporting the Nazi cause? Note that I will always stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Israel 🇮🇱.

On a visit to Soviet Kiev in 1981, with a friend with relatives there, it was still apparent that Ukrainians were being spied upon. In fact our Intourist guides were particularly interested in my friend, whose name ended in "-enko", an Ukrainian surname, and were very inquisitive about our movements on the days when we did not take part on official visits or outings with the tour group. They were also rather inquisitive during our stays in Leningrad and Moscow, asking me, with a few months of evening school Russian lessons, a lot of questions about my friend, who spoke rather more Russian than I did.

@user-wb2bu8br7g

2 ай бұрын

Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko is a Soviet party and statesman. General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, perhaps he was just looking for his relatives?

@PatriotParty

2 ай бұрын

Maybe you felt like that because you are a westerner in Soviet Russia and you have a friend there in a time where neither sides governments trusted eachother. . . Real spies don't have "spy jobs." They integrate with the community they are placed in and earn people's trust so they can get Intel from them. For context I wasn't even born then and I'm purely speculating that this could have partly something to do with it. I did serve in the US military though and I worked in intel.

There's a book titled 'Stepan Bandera: The Life and Afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist: Fascism, Genocide, and Cult' by Grzegorz Rossolinski-Liebe. Stepan Bandera in Rossolinski-Liebe's book isn't quite the innocent, detached, non-participant that Mr. Plokhy paints in your interview, Lex. Why did the Soviet Union send an assassin to kill Bandera in 1959, 14 years after World War ll was over? The Russians claim that the people buried at Babyn Yar are simply Soviet citizens murdered by the Germans, NOT Jews. According to Rossolinski-Liebe's book there were NO Jews left in Ukraine at the end of World War ll - and that Stepan Bandera's OUN-B played a big part in that unfortunate fact. Professor Plokhy's view certainly isn't the only one regarding Stepan Bandera and the OUN-B.

Thanks, Lex, for the awesome podcast episode, especially in these uncertain times. The guest was really inspiring, and I learned a lot about the nearby Slavic regions from the impressive historical insights shared.

@mrblack5554

2 ай бұрын

This historian is very biased

maybe it's time to interview Timothy Snyder?

You mentioned the "Russian Hand" in the Donbass , But you failed to mention the "American Hand" at the Maidan

@Mariupol_is_Ukraine

Ай бұрын

He didn’t mention what wasn’t there. Quite logical.

@a.s.etaboo8769

Ай бұрын

Victoria Nuland bragged about the US involvement. You silly Ukrop

@Mariupol_is_Ukraine

Ай бұрын

@@a.s.etaboo8769 Sad for you that Ukrainians where standing on Maidan, not Americans.

@StratusBlue

11 күн бұрын

@@Mariupol_is_Ukraine you are a liar.

@Mariupol_is_Ukraine

11 күн бұрын

@@StratusBlue I hear a strong russian accent in your words.

I absolutely loved the podcast. Serhii is a very intelligent and an interesting person to talk and listen to. I love how he keeps to be neutral and professional when talking about Ukraine and Russia even though he comes from Ukraine.

Finland is not same as Ukraine from Putins point of view

@cioccolateriaveneziana

2 ай бұрын

Well, not now when it's in the NATO, thankfully.

@WangMingGe

2 ай бұрын

Yet the Russians tried repeatedly to take it over, and did succeed in seizing some of its territory.

@nyalarhotep

2 ай бұрын

It never was, since `45. Finns were fooled into NATO and out of neutrality. And actually, only NOW they are in potential danger.@@cioccolateriaveneziana

@clintloranrand951

Ай бұрын

??? Finland has never been any Russian land as there are no Russians. Okraine (not Ukraine) is Novorossiya being taken from the Ottomans from 21 wars until Vlachia (Rumenia) 1707. Ukraine is mostly Galicia and west from Kiev and had NEVER being on Black Sea . Ukrainians and Okrainian- Russian settlers are two different ethnic groups, like Serbs and Croats (White Croats being actually Ukrainians too)

@sgolowka

Ай бұрын

Don't be what u say... lalala

Would be lovely for Lex to facilitate discussion between Mearsheimer (or someone else) and this professor. I feel like both have some holes in their line of argumentation and it would enrich us the listeners even more 😉

@Dimka2012Bo

2 ай бұрын

I asked Sergii about Mearsheimer he gave a good answer

@sedalia9356

2 ай бұрын

Mearsheimer has holes in his heart and his head. Absolutely closed-minded person who will never deviate from his ideology.

@Dimka2012Bo

2 ай бұрын

I met with Sergii few months ago, his point is that Mearsheimer thinks within a specific framework, a very logical - western realpolitik and doesn’t see the Russian angle to it.

@jjreddick377

2 ай бұрын

Mearsheimer isn’t a historian. He’s a political “scientist “ who engages in bullshit and lies.

@paulgiesbrecht955

2 ай бұрын

I stopped listening to mearshimer as soon as he said that he dosnt belive theres any actors more powerful then the state 🤷‍♂️ that takes alot of history out of his view 🤣

Very nice overview of the historical landscape around Ukraine. Like the way Serhii tells history, it's not boring at all. Read one of his books, worth reading

What a great, deeply informative episode. It's a shame it has more than 10 times less views than the one with Tucker

@TonnyDeff

2 ай бұрын

It's bias. This guy is lying. Try to fact-check him.

@Dr_Beastus

2 ай бұрын

@@TonnyDeff I’ll look into it - can you give some examples of points where he is lying? Also, what’s a good unbiased source?

@TonnyDeff

2 ай бұрын

@@Dr_Beastus One example - he said there are no NAZIs in Ukraine nowadays. Please search in Google or better in DuckDuckGo NAZI and Ukraine. You will find a lot of evidence: symbols, flags, pictures, and tattoos (even with Hiter himself). Please read about SS Galizien and the Wolynia Massacre in 1943. He said also Bandera is considered as NAZI because he collaborated with Hitler, but also others (Stalin for instance) also collaborated with Hitler. The truth is Bandera is considered as a NAZI because he shared the same ideas with Hitler: Jews, Russians, Poles and other nations are less human than Ukrainians and Germans. Ukraine should be pure like a glass of water - and so on.

@TonnyDeff

2 ай бұрын

@@Dr_Beastus check this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decalogue_of_a_Ukrainian_Nationalist

Thank you for this incredible interview. Thank you Lex for doing this.

This episode is a special one truly considering what is going on in the world right now. Also, I'm Lithuanian so I'm especially grateful for this one, Lex. Thank you Lex and Mr. Serhii Plokhy!

@valuerc2664

2 ай бұрын

his name is Sergey, not Serhii

@LyubomyrSemkiv

2 ай бұрын

@@valuerc2664why you think so?

@JustAsPlanned1

2 ай бұрын

@@valuerc2664 It's Serhii or Serhiy. He's Ukrainian. That's how it's pronounced.

@Marmur21

2 ай бұрын

@@valuerc2664 No, it's Serhii. Just like Zelensky's name isn't Vladimir but Volodymyr. Slavic names are written and pronounced differently in different Slavic languages.

@PUARockstar

2 ай бұрын

@@Marmur21 btw, the original name is Volodymer (the Great), the one that brought the Christianity to Rus.

Wonderful! Listened for whole 3 hours

By far, the best interviews (IMHO) are the ones with historians. Mindbenders all!

Lex always gets the best guests. I respect his interview style and his intellect, he’s not an ideologue.

@ds6914

2 ай бұрын

I think he secretly supports Russia

@larynOneka8080

2 ай бұрын

@@ds6914 Lex is from Russia.

@JustAsPlanned1

2 ай бұрын

@@ds6914 I thought so too until he called Zelensky a hero.

@lukebruce5234

2 ай бұрын

@@ds6914 I think he is extremely anti Russian and pro Western to the point of it being funny.

@johnchristopher3032

2 ай бұрын

​@lukebruce5234 Once you've lived in each, the choice is easy. Remember, Lexs people are Ukrainian, too.

Would love to see you interview Zelensky (and ask all the hard questions I personally want to hear answered as a Ukrainian) !

@dvegule920

2 ай бұрын

No one want to listen to Selensky anymore. What would he say what he didn't say until now? He is constantly lying. What value do his words have? For change he should try to work for peace.

@R6SiegeTank

2 ай бұрын

@@dvegule920 You surely mean Putin, right?

@MinimaAmoralia

2 ай бұрын

@@dvegule920 you made a couple mistakes in the word Putin mate

@waki_resigns

2 ай бұрын

Arestovych is far more available than Zelensky. Sadly I can imagine Melnyk being far more eager... it would be a lot of crap throwing on Europe...

@waki_resigns

2 ай бұрын

@@dvegule920 There are different levels in hell. And if you speak about the compartment for liars, Zelensky is out of the league compared to Russian officials, all the Islamists and most Arab leaders, Chinese, North Koreans. And then have Trump MAGA camp and the previous guests of Lex: Oliver Stone and Tucker Carlson. So no... get a bit less deluded Sir...

Genius guest Lex. Love the way you draw the info out.

I really appreciated this. Thank you - I have subscribed and look forward to listening to other podcasts.

The "Cossacks" are wrongly transcribed in the subtitles as "Kazakhs". These are two very different things. Please correct it.

I wish to see discussion on this topic between profesor Measheimer, Dougles Mac Greggor, profesor Sachs vs Serhii Plokhy

@trogdortpennypacker6160

2 ай бұрын

They all are experts in different fields so it would be extremely difficult. Mearsheimer is a rockstar in IR, Macgregor has a PhD in IR but he was really known for being a innovative military thinker, Sachs is an economist/public policy wonk, and Plokhy is a historian. Plokhy has no knowledge in their fields and vice versa.

@jozefpalica

2 ай бұрын

@@trogdortpennypacker6160 disagree , on the topic of origin Russian - Ukrainian conflict all of them have great knowledge of recent history of those countries , theoretical and practical(direct communication with political elites of this era )

@markp6621

2 ай бұрын

Yes... Primary sources are king in the study of history (and those guys qualify as primary sources on quite a few topics), and if one is to dismiss what they say one must have good reason.

@redrev674

2 ай бұрын

@@markp6621primary sources are contemporary sources that were there at the time that the events happened ie the best sources of history. None of these names clearly are primary sources!

@markp6621

2 ай бұрын

@@redrev674 That shows you how little you know. Sachs knew most of the eastern European leaders including those of Ukraine and Russia because he was advising them economically. He also knew those in Washington in that context. Scott Ritter was a weapons inspector in the Soviet Union representing US interests and knew military and civilian leaders in both the east and west at the highest levels. I'm less aware of MacGregor's experience, but it was probably NATO related and he does seem to have some knowledge and contacts in Ukraine and Poland from around the end of the cold war.

Thank you for this discussion 🇺🇦

Encouraging to hear a scholarly discussion, that is focused on expanding our understanding of this situation. The visible thoughtfulness of Serhii Plokhy's personality and presentation that makes his words trustworthy. With the stakes & the pain-level so high in Ukraine, to feel educated rather than propagandized after listening to a discussion, is an achievement. Thank you. The Bolsheviks "arrested the development of the religion and thinking and theology." to fix it in pre 1917 imperialism. I have struggled to a way to come to grips with at force in Russian politics. Again, thank you. The podcast is so much more useful than a lecture because I can replay the parts I really need to hear, to let them slink in. Again, thank you. "NATO wa a big part of the Russian justification for the war, The truth is..." "The immediate goal was to stop the drift of the Ukraine to he West..." YES, except it was more than a "drift" it was a march toward a better future. Putin's Russia represents nothing but rot.

I hosted 30-40 player diplomacy games for people back in 2014 where each player got to play as a country and roleplay modern geopolitics. I didn't understand at the time (was a kid), but someone told me it was very important to include Ukraine as a separate country from Russia. I split them up and gave Ukraine control of Romania and some Baltic states (every part of the world had to be owned by some player at game start, there were only 40 players maximum and previous game hosts had Ukraine and Russia together). I didn't realize at the time the geopolitical implications for what I did. All I knew was that I made someone happy and it meant a lot to me.

@GarioTheRock

2 ай бұрын

It meant a very potent strategic advantage to the player who owned Ukraine! Since the time of the Thracian empire and before to the modern day, Ukraine is an extremely geographically important area of the world for transportation and commerce for the regions east of Europe with the entire West. Which means it is even more important when borders start moving.

Lex, I admire your dedication to get to the bottom of issues however complicated and tangled these issues may be. Great podcast. Thank you for your work!

@iMetmor

2 ай бұрын

Plokhy is a Ukrainian propagandist with history education. Inviting him is the opposite of getting to the bottom of the issues

@Lessgo00

2 ай бұрын

​@@iMetmorI am Bulgarian, Slavic and i was always neutral. Today's Ukrainians were there first, here is where putin's propaganda starts falling apart

@iMetmor

2 ай бұрын

@@Lessgo00 «Ukrainian» and «Russian» are not some tribes that lived in different lands. Russians are the people of the old Rus' state, much like Han Chinese are the people of the state ruled by the Han dynasty, or Americans are the people of the USA. Projecting «Ukraine» into ancient times is an anachronism. Ukrainians couldn't have been first anywhere, as «Russian» is an identity that is about a millenium older than «Ukrainian».

@Lessgo00

2 ай бұрын

@@iMetmor Today's Ukrainians are direct successors to Kievan Rus'. Russians for some part are the same people that went out of the Kievan Rus' state and founded Russia. It's like i have a brother and we found together a country. Later he goes out and founds another country all by himself and after years he starts claiming the rights on our first country claiming that it was always his.

@TheSteinbitt

2 ай бұрын

@@iMetmorRussland came from Kyiv, so I guess Ukrainians should rightfully rule Moscow:)

The Canadian parliament clearly said he fought against Russia in WW2. They knew exactly who he was.

Lex, it was another great podcast. When will you be interviewing Serhii Horoshiy?

Dr Fridman, thank you for doing what you do, I so enjoy your analysis and general conversation with people of all backgrounds

Wow, Lex. It took me three days to get through the whole thing. Boy was it worth it. This was a really good interview! Thanks.

@georgeharding7949

2 ай бұрын

the guest is 100% biased though... talkinh about russia disintegrating, in his dreams!

@MrJayrodge

2 ай бұрын

Well, the guest was talking about the trend across the arc of history. What has been happening to all empires for the past several hundred years. The reasoning is that, as population grows, governments tend to have an increasing problem with maintaining a single national identity. Then things tend to break apart. The same thing may be happening in the United States right now. Without a cohesive vision and identity you are not one people. And, honestly I can't imagine a leader that could unite this mess we're in.

@iamthereforeistrive9392

2 ай бұрын

​@@MrJayrodgeinteresting point of view. I agree with it. However, the guest's bias felt strong. I can forgive him-he is a Ukrainian.

@elenacrudge5815

2 ай бұрын

@@iamthereforeistrive9392 been a Ukrainian is not an excuse for the gross total lies. Not a single answer was objective. Yak

@darkknight9461

2 ай бұрын

​@@elenacrudge5815What did he say that is totally biased?

Very interesting! Thank you!

I hope you have Henry Rollins as a guest. A conversation between you two would be fascinating given Henry's travels and humanitarian views.

At the 1:41 mark Serhii talks about Ukraine being a truly bilingual country. Could this also apply also in Slovakia? Not to quibble on a minor point, but I think many Slovaks can speak and understand Czech. But maybe they're closer linguistically than Russian and Ukrainian. I don't know. Perhaps someone can speak to this. Thank you for the interview. Very knowledgeable guest and Lex you always do great work as an interviewer.

@gedrovitch

2 ай бұрын

I can tell you that linguistically, Ukrainian closer to Slovaks and Czechs languages, than to Russian.

@CentralAnalytiX

2 ай бұрын

Many Ukrainians speak fluent Russian because they either had everyone around them speak Russian, or they had TV where most of the films and TV shows were in Russian, or both. But from my experience talking with Russians, they struggle to understand Ukrainian. If we look at vocabulary, Belarusian shares 84% of vocabulary, Polish 70%, Slovak 68%, Russian 62%.

@rubeng160

2 ай бұрын

My guess is Czech and Slovakian are closer to each other than Russian and Ukrainian. If a Czech, visiting Bratislava, can understand Slovakian without previous exposure to the language then it is not the same thing as in Ukraine. Russians from Russia cannot understand Ukrainian. But Russian-speaking people from Ukraine do understand Ukrainian for most part. That's why it is not uncommon in Ukraine to have bilingual conversations expecting that the one person would easily understand what the other person says. And if, for example, a Russian-speaking person does not understand the Ukrainian-speaking person at all then it becomes clear that the first person is not from Ukraine. Because even if a Russian speaker has never spoken any Ukrianian, just by living in Ukraine he would have a decent passive knowledge of Ukrainian from the school, media, songs on the radio, just coming across people from different parts of Ukraine. So, Serhii explained it very accurately. Having at least passive knowledge of both Ukrainian and Russian is a marker that a person has lived in Ukraine for some time. But Czech and Slovakian are just much closer to each other, that's why if a person understands Slovakian it does not necessarily mean he is from Slovakia, maybe he is from the Czechia.

@mado.madeleine

2 ай бұрын

I know 3 of these languages. Czech and Slovak are way more similar to each other than Russian and Ukrainian. Also, while a lot of Slovaks can actually speak Czech, Czechs might understand Slovak but they don't usually speak it. So yeah, you could say Slovakia is kinda bilingual (not officially though), but there are also plenty of bilingual (and even multilingual) countries in Africa and Asia.

@lukebruce5234

2 ай бұрын

No it is not. Czech and Slovak are considered different languages for political reasons. In reality they are just dialects of one another. Ukrainian and Belorussian could be considered such but Russian is already significant enough and is a different language.

Great interview.

This is good one

Loving the history podcasts. Thanks Lex.

@brandonlance3601

2 ай бұрын

More of a political opinion piece

@BigGabe-hr3vk

2 ай бұрын

Get over it, people have political opinions. I don't agree with all the political opinions expressed in this video, implicitly and explicitly. But you can still appreciate the history and differentiate what the facts are. Or you can't, and that's a shame. For you, not for me.@@brandonlance3601

@johnlyndonescario419

2 ай бұрын

​@@brandonlance3601And pro-Ukrainian is not??? Lololol.

Great interview Lex, very good to see more intelligent people on your podcast! Mr. Plokhy shed so much light on Russia-Ukraine conflict very interesting conversation and I loved the quote in the end!

High quality, So interesting, thank you

VERY INFORMATIVE-THANK YOU

Thank you, Lex. That was very interesting.

Delighted to listen to the talk. It seems to me that, closer to the beginning of the fourth hour of the talk, both gentlemen started to feel tired, especially Lex.

Thank you for finally interviewing someone who is not obviously pro-Russian when it comes to this war.

@S0ulfy-vg9tz

Ай бұрын

There is a difference between pro-Russian and anti-American perspective. Most of the ppl you probably calling pro-Russians are not supporting Russia but are criticizing the US because in their opinion, the US is at the root of this war. Starting with the 2008 NATO summit in Romania. But ofc, ignorant ppl are using " if you are not with us you are against us " or " your opinion doesnt matter if it is not our opinion ".

Brilliant!

At 1:15:31 he says Komsomol leaders (Soviet youth political organization), not council leaders, 1:15:47 - indistinct word here is Politburo, and at 1:16:07 is mentioned Brezhnev, not Beria (Beria is long gone by that time). 1:16:14 - in foreign language he means Siloviki, which is Russian umbrella term for military, security, and police state organizations.

@denisgut

2 ай бұрын

It's fascinating how this man can teach people in Harvard with such a level of knowledge 😂

Wonderful and timely guest! Lex I noticed the essential water on the desk. Since they aren’t listed in your sponsors, I thought I would comment on this product. It was my water of choice for nearly a year before, realizing my health began to deteriorate. I couldn’t get enough of this clean cold, delicious tasting water. but the high alkalinity caused Gerd and dysfunction of my gallbladder. With no other interventions, I ceased drinking the water and all of the symptoms, the burning in my throat. The indigestion, and the pain in my gallbladder went away. I did some research online and learned that, although it sounds counterintuitive, too much alkalinity in the stomach is not good for digestion. So many of these new fad health waters are anything but healthy.

@user-xq1wz3tp5z

2 ай бұрын

It's said that our guts become less acidic with age, which is why supplementation of vitamin B12 becomes useful.

@emrage

2 ай бұрын

Here's a thought why don't you just drink normal water that's filtered and have your vitamins from food and supplements?

This is in agreement with Pro. Snyder’s classes on Ukraine. Nice to see academics in agreement

@ottrovgeisha2150

2 ай бұрын

or simply copying each other?

@arjan2777

2 ай бұрын

@@ottrovgeisha2150 On obvious things they will be in agreement.

@juanpablosanchezaveleyra6454

2 ай бұрын

"Nice to see a bias being confirmed without any more context or replies from dissenting people" There I fixed your comment.

@cookml

2 ай бұрын

When academics are in agreement they are not academics.

@arjan2777

2 ай бұрын

@@cookml There is something called scientific consensus. Usually if there is scientific consensus about something that means that it is for all intense and purposes the truth. So unless you find a serious academic, not a Russian propagandists, who disagrees with Snyder you can just assume it is true. B cause if there is any real reason to disagree with Snyder some academic will do so. Otherwise no.

@lexfridman What's your opinion on Interviewing the political scientist: George Friedman (Friedman György)

It’s so important to hear more Ukrainian voices on platforms like Lex’s to connect more to the ongoing war and the people in it.

@IgorSinitsky

2 ай бұрын

I can say a lot about war in Ukraine as I live in Kyiv and lived in Russia, Im also half Russian half Rkrainian but Lex will never invite me because he in cherrypicking his guests and leaning to pro-russian anti-west MAGA-like propaganda

@Smokereca

2 ай бұрын

are you joking? There is no other point to hear then the ukrainian and western. It would be an achievement if in mainstream media they start to let the other side talk and be heard.

@ssuuppeerrbbooyy

2 ай бұрын

@@Smokereca What?

@gugugaga1233

2 ай бұрын

they are n&zi's lol.

@ssuuppeerrbbooyy

2 ай бұрын

@@gugugaga1233 you mean russian neo nazis like Alexei Milchakov?

Question unrelated to the video: why do reactions often not get through, despite them not violating community guidelines? I have written a lot of reactions below the video and they just don't show up. It's highly frustrating.

@user-sy5yw2dj3k

2 ай бұрын

They do. Just keep scrolling😂

Thank you!

Великолепный выпуск! Огромное спасибо🙏🏼 привет из Москвы 💔

Lex, great work. Big support. Thank you.

@chrisbremner8992

Ай бұрын

Absolute crap, this guy is a paid liar.

Lex, when the full scale invasion of Ukraine started I was finishing my philosophy undergrad at Columbia University. Being a Marine Corps veteran I decided to volunteer and headed to Ukraine (first time there with no ties to the country) during my time there I got to emerge myself into the culture, the people, the history, the sorrows, pains, loses, and victories. I went in part (to the extent that we can understand a segment of why we do what we do) for the love of what the Ukrainian people were doing (and not out of hate for Russia). Just wanted to thank you for being the voice of reason and knowledge. I listened to your interview with Tucker Carlson (and many other referring to this war) and your ability to listen to and acknowledge multiple perspectives is extremely refreshing. Keep doing such an amazing job. May you continue to spark brilliant discussions around the world. P.S. would love you to interview the president of El Salvador, Nayib Armado. It would be a fascinating podcast

@dvegule920

2 ай бұрын

Sy Hersh, Apr. 5, 2023; The Nord Stream Ghost Ship, The false details in the CIA´s cover story: America’s Central Intelligence Agency is constantly running covert operations around the world, and all must have a cover story in case things go badly, as they often do. It is just as important to have an explanation when things go well, as they did in the Baltic Sea last fall. Within weeks of my report that Joe Biden ordered the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines, the agency produced a cover story and found willing takers in the New YorkTimes and two major German publications. Sy Hersh, Jun 15, 2023 Partners In Doomsday, As Ukraine begins a counter-offensive and Biden´s hawks look on, new rhetoric out of Russia points a revival of the nuclear threat Putin should rightly be condemned for his decision to tumble Europe into its most violent and destructive war since the Balkan wars of the 1990s. But those at the top in the White House must answer for their willingness to let an obviously tense situation lead into war when, perhaps, an unambiguous guarantee that Ukraine would not be permitted to join NATO could have kept the peace. Sorry, did you fought for that? Did you hear something about Gonzalo Lira who died in Ukrainian prison without medical help? A USA citizen? Who ask you to "help"? In a foreign country???

@TheMrNomadus

2 ай бұрын

There is nothing proud in being a mercenary lmao.

@matsemillian

2 ай бұрын

«Fullscale invasion» lmfao cmon

@livingtribunal4110

2 ай бұрын

Idiot. On every level.

@JustAsPlanned1

2 ай бұрын

@@TheMrNomadus Ukraine pays foreigners same money they pay their own soldiers. A very small wage by western standards. The only people who go there are volunteers, they own send property to fund themselves. Just like the Westerners who went to Spanish Civil War. Hemingway and Orwell.

One question - where is the USA during these turbulent times???

@boycotte

26 күн бұрын

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@nyoodmono4681

3 күн бұрын

Pulling strings

Lovely interview 👋

thanks for this

Thank you for an interesting guest and a great interview. I have wanted to read one of his books for a while. But have never gotten to it.

@dimapro

2 ай бұрын

Load of clap. go back to school

@anikiforova

2 ай бұрын

@@dimapro judging by the language you are using, you either need to attend school yourself, or it's not very helpful 🤡

@dimapro

2 ай бұрын

Glad you can identify yourself otherwise hard to see that you are a clown@@anikiforova

@anikiforova

2 ай бұрын

@@dimapro I'm afraid you are projecting your issues onto others, dear.

@TheWefikus

2 ай бұрын

@@dimaproda da Dima

His Bandera explanation is a little too neat and tidy for me... any rebuttals?

Great interview 👍

Thank you for the interview.

I appreciate a viewpoint that I don't necessarily buy in on. Thanks Lex.

@alexanthony9856

2 ай бұрын

May I ask which information informs your dissent?

@dwl3006

2 ай бұрын

@@alexanthony9856His opinions on Zelensky, Boris Johnson, and NATO are naïve to put it mildly. Boris Johnson acting independently of the United States? Give me a break! Even a janitor has more understanding of international relations. He can't imagine Zelensky taking orders? What a joke. And then he expects that Russia should have sent half of its forces to Finland in the middle of a war if it was really about NATO. So now this military genius thinks it's a good idea to open a two front war to prove that Russia is being genuine about its fears of NATO expansion. This guy shouldn't be working in a kindergarten let alone Harvard.

@gregoryedwards9097

2 ай бұрын

Whole heartedly agree. Zelensky and Putin had a peace deal forming in Turkey in April 2022, confirmed by even Ukrainian diplomat Oleksandr forgot his last name even mentioned this in late 2023. The propaganda against Putin is so strong people don’t even realize it. When you actually look at what Putins words and actions are, you’ll see he has been far more consistent with his rhetoric than the collective West has been. To think NATO doesn’t play a part into this is like saying this world doesn’t have criminals or people who take advantage of situations. Each place has their own agenda, and the US is bent on maintaining hegemony because they have/ had the world reserve currency. They have more to lose than Russia and China combined, and they know this.

@alexanthony9856

2 ай бұрын

I‘m curious, so you feel you are more qualified than this Harvard scholar to assess these matters. May I ask what sources you used for your assessment?

@banalestorchid5814

2 ай бұрын

@@alexanthony9856 Well said, I suspect this person has been exclusively watching Tucker Carlson etc.

I could listen all day all week to this man

Ty Lex. This is such an incredibly important part our collective history

Great conversation Lex. Thank you.

Yes there were logistical problems & more resistance from ukrainians than expected but military analysts are clear there were not enough russian troops to take Kiev & would have been long drawn out & bloody for both sides especially civilians ..no way Putin was planning to force his way into such a large city opposed..only if govt surrendered which was his plan

@azerty8866

2 ай бұрын

you are acting like russia isn't winning the war

@Ast151

2 ай бұрын

@@azerty8866 of course, it is not winning. They have 2 trillion budget deficit and their National Security Fund is almost empty.

@PUARockstar

2 ай бұрын

@@azerty8866 is it? Define winning for russia then.

@pavelt5732

2 ай бұрын

There is no "kiev", it's Kyiv

@ilya1421

Ай бұрын

You're absolutely right about Kiev

A truly brilliant interview, thank you!

Information about the tzarand the Russian orthodox cchurch please

@WangMingGe

2 ай бұрын

They are working as a spy agency in Ukraine to this day. There is a very good reason the government tries to restrict their activities.

Wow.. Thanks for such an informative podcast!

@mrblack5554

2 ай бұрын

Not really - much of this is biased opinion and not historical analysis. He has very biased view of history - the worst kind of historian.

@zavorad

2 ай бұрын

@@mrblack5554 he mentions specific documents and dates. And gives context. That is what great historians do. He doesnt interpret them, thats what demagogues do.

@gmscout2947

2 ай бұрын

@@mrblack5554 Maybe that is your opinion biased?

@Lex, thank you very much for this amazing episode of podcast! I am Ukrainian, so naturally I am biased on the topic of war, but still it's very important for me that you invite people that tell a comprehensive history of East European region. Many people don't understand the drama, difficulty, confusion, connection, dilemmas that surround this discussion between Ukraine and Russia. Many people tend to simplify or narrow down the path of the history into the war as a result of one or two simple historical moments. But truth is, nothing is easy when it comes to Ukraine and Russia. That's why EVEN inside just Ukraine, there will be people telling one story and yet in the same country there will be people telling the other story. There are a lot of emotions going around and very little logical sense. So, I appreciate you inviting a well educated person to talk real historical, political, social facts that happened in this region and led to what has happened.

@aloha5527

2 ай бұрын

Yes, but professor is lying.

@illz47

2 ай бұрын

As a Ukrainian I second this

@andriyandriychuk

2 ай бұрын

Finally we saw a Ukrainian guest.

@mythbuster6126

2 ай бұрын

What political, historical and social facts led to the Ukrainian commander taking selfies in front of Bandera's portrait with a smile?

@eighty88eight

2 ай бұрын

We will not move NATO one inch to the East ! !

How is Ukraine a Democracy ? When the "election" outcome was exactly what Victoria Nuland described in that "phone call"

@denzelcounts7036

16 күн бұрын

Democracy means Western aligned in modern day not necessarily a free and fair election with universal voting.

Aleksandar, congratulations for questions asked, as well as a very calm manner of interviewing respected Ukrainian Professor. Both of you have a nice Slavic accent and I am happy that you are not hiding it. It would be interesting if your interviewee would be in a debate in which slightly different opinions would be on the table. However, the Ukrainian Professor delivered his version of the truth. Another dimension which I want to stress is that this horrible conflict had to be avoided, because Slavic people are killing Slavic people. Let us talk about the outcome of this conflict in a couple of years, hoping that in the meantime the entire Europe will not be already totally destroyed, or burning. Actually, I like the patriotic segments of the speech of your interviewee.

@chris-2496

13 күн бұрын

What this war shows is that values and sense of identity are more important to people than ethnicity and that's where putin miscalculated in launching his full scale attack in 2022 trusting his intelligence that russia's efforts to buy off the play-makers in Ukraine will be enough to prevent serious military opposition.

You should invite a guest to have a discussion on the birth rate crisis that is occuring in South Korea. The slow death of a society and finding out the reason behind it seems to me to be more urgent then an endless sequence on 'War' where the rest of humanity is left out from the discussion and political interest is the major driving force behind it

Listened to this episode on Apple Podcasts and liked it enough to come here and leave a like!

Lex you have to interview Peter Turchin. I think you two might get a long well and you’d think his perspective on the war is interesting

Important thing about Ukrainian approach towards independence: None of major Ukrainian philosophers/thinkers/political figures (Mazepa, Khmelnitskiy, Taras Shevchenko, Grushevskiy etc) stated the independence as the national goal. They rather looked for more autonomy, but always under guidance of some big brother (Russia, Austria, Poland). The paradox is that based on Mr.Plokhii stated, Bandera was the only one person looking for it. The problem with it is that you can’t choose geography.

@wisefull

2 ай бұрын

who told you this nonsense? who taught you that None of major Ukrainian philosophers/thinkers/political figures (Mazepa, Khmelnitskiy, Taras Shevchenko, Grushevskiy etc) stated the independence as the national goal. and that Mazepa, Khmelnitskiy, Taras Shevchenko, Grushevski are "major Ukrainian philosophers/thinkers/political figures " ?

@BoolatGuzairov

2 ай бұрын

@@wisefull starts with all independent Ukrainian governments put those people’s names on the flag including Zelenskiy regime. Please provide arguments instead of reflection.

@andriyandriychuk

2 ай бұрын

Father of Ukrainian nationalism is not Bandera but Mikhnovsky.

@feorh1919

2 ай бұрын

@@wisefullYou should read what they write. And at least half of the guys you mentioned were medieval figures and cared zilch about the national freedom you speak of. Schevchenko was mostly a "go Ukrainians" guy. He was not an anti-Russian guy as a matter of fact.

@ddd7386

2 ай бұрын

Another Russian nonsense. Stop lying

Very educational

Lex, переведи, пожалуйста, все интервью на русский. Впервые я смотрел твоё интервью об ИИ, было очень интересно, не знаю причем на каком канале оно было выложено. Также посмотрел интервью с Карлсоном тоже очень интересно.

One of the most important guests finally on the channel. Please read his books. Can’t wait for Timothy Snyder.

Lex, well done. Your guest is one of the best researchers of the history of East Europe. Now, waiting for Timothy Snyder...

@ihikebc2295

2 ай бұрын

This guest is very biased ethnic Ukrainian. Shame on him.

This is a balanced approach on discussing the current war. Well done, Lex! Listening to your podcasts is an antidote to my biases.

@manodirivera6703

2 ай бұрын

Pseudobalanced. Nazi apologist and truth bender. Wrong on so many accounts, but presented smooth

@knecht3000

2 ай бұрын

In general I agree. However IMO it's an issue that the podcasts with populists that make up their own facts are watched a lot more than those with scientists that mostly speak facts. The tucker podcast has >10 times more views than this one.

@arslanseitaly8364

2 ай бұрын

It is not balanced at all. He whitewashed everything, skillfully avoiding all problematic topics

@nabiji

2 ай бұрын

​@@arslanseitaly8364 elaborate.

@anatoliypankevych4853

2 ай бұрын

@@arslanseitaly8364you definitely know everything better, than a professional historian. Especially you know about Ukrainian history, sitting in Kirghizia.

Hi Lex, this is a great job you are doing. I would like to see you debate the Czechoslovak Legions from 1914-1920 with an expert. BTW I just played the game "Last Train Home" which is about this. And it's an incredible story.

So knowledgeable 👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you both for a informed conversation. Taras Shencko was finnally mentioned in the independence for Ukraine. We had his picture on our wall and in every Ukrainian household I've ever been in. I would always hear Shachenko said ...

@JohnSmith-px5nf

2 ай бұрын

“Ukrainian” writer who lived and worked in St Petersburg, Russia lol

@PolyakovAlexei

2 ай бұрын

you mean Shevchenko?

@thanksmark

2 ай бұрын

@@JohnSmith-px5nf what a moronic answer

@janebofelt

2 ай бұрын

Произведения Тараса Шевченко изучают во всех российских школах в курсе литературы в 7 классе, просто для информации.

@JustAsPlanned1

2 ай бұрын

@@janebofelt Русскую классику изучают в украинских школах тоже, кстати.