About this episode
This episode revisits an interview with Joshua Rubenstein about Joseph Stalin's final days and the reactions to his death.
Joseph Stalin died today, March 5, seventy-three years ago. So, I thought it would be a good idea to dig out, re-edit and remaster, the interview I did with Joshua Rubenstein back in 2018 about the dictator’s final days. What did Stalin focus on in the final years of his life? How did Soviet leadership react to his death? Soviet society? And internationally? Let’s revisit what Rubenstein had to tell us from his book, The Last Days of Stalin . Guest: Joshua Rubenstein is an associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. He’s the author of several books on Soviet history. His most recent is The Last Days of Stalin published by Yale University Press. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: The Eurasian Knot
Guest: Joshua Rubenstein
Topics covered
- Stalin
- Soviet leadership
- historical analysis
- final days
- interview
- Soviet society
- international reaction
Keywords
- Stalin
- Joshua Rubenstein
- Soviet history
- final days
- Davis Center
- Yale University Press
- interview
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Yale University Press
Books & works: The Last Days of Stalin
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