Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War | Lex Fridman Podcast #415
Lex Fridman
Serhii Plokhy, a historian at Harvard University and director of the Ukrainian Research Institute, argues against the common misconception that the collapse of the Soviet Union was primarily caused by ideological failure or external US pressure. Instead, he posits it as the culmination of three inte …