The Miracle, a 1997 film directed by Tuomas Sallinen, depicts an American journalist in Russia tasked with capturing a miracle, exploring religious life and journalistic pressures.

The book covers military aspects of Russia's Great War and Revolution, focusing on the Russian Civil War. It includes analysis from international authors on topics like intelligence, ideology, and various military fronts, utilizing new Russian archival sources for insights.

Peter J. Schmelz's book provides an in-depth analysis of Alfred Schnittke's Concerto Grosso no. 1, exploring its historical context, musical structure, and contemporary influences. It utilizes new sources to deepen understanding of Schnittke's polystylism and its global musical impact.

This book examines how governments influence economic development through agricultural policies, crucial in the developing world. It explores the impact of these policies on political stability in authoritarian regimes and challenges conventional views on economic development and political change.

Focusing on the rising support for the populist right in Eastern Europe, this book examines how anger and resentment towards minorities is being utilized in politics. Bustikova details the process by which the acquisition of political power and demand for rights by ascendant minority groups precipitates a backlash of mobilization from the radical right.

Danko Sipka analyzes Slavic languages, presenting a systematic framework for understanding lexical markers of cultural identity. He distinguishes three layers: deep, exchange, and surface, each reflecting different degrees of cultural integration and change.

The Black Sea slave trade, crucial during the 14th and 15th centuries, involved Genoese, Venetian, and Egyptian merchants. Hannah Barker explores this through various historical sources, revealing interconnected Mediterranean slavery practices and their socio-economic impacts.

ASU Jewish Studies and The Melikian Center are hosting a special lecture on Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies.

Yuri Slezkine's 'The House of Government' narrates the lives of Moscow's elite Communist officials in a large apartment complex, tracing their rise and fall during the Soviet era, encapsulated by personal stories, literary criticism, and architectural history.

The lecture titled 'The Life and Death of the Russian Revolution' is part of the series on Totalitarianism, Dissent, and Democratic Institutions.

Attend the screening of 'My Happy Family' (2017), directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross. Explore familial themes.