On this UVA Speaks podcast, Kyrill Kunakhovich, Assistant Professor in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia, provides a historical context of the war in Ukraine and the interconnected histories between Ukraine and Russia. Kunakhovich explores Russian motivations for the invasion, in part, to restore global significance and provide a territorial buffer zone from the West. He also explains that what we see in Ukraine is a violent clash between an authoritarian regime and a democracy, with allies lining up behind the different ideologies.

Transcripts of the audio broadcast can be found here. www.rev.com/transcript-editor/s…loadFrom=SharedLink

Kyrill Kunakhovich is an Assistant Professor in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia. He is a historian of modern Europe, focusing on central and eastern Europe in the 20th century. Later this year, Kunakhovick’s book Communism's Public Sphere: Culture as Politics in Cold War Poland and East Germany will be published.

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