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Bruce Berglund, “How Putin Played the Game: Russia and International Sports in the Post-Soviet Era” (video recording)

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https://youtu.be/OghTejqnBpY "How Putin Played the Game: Russia & International Sports in the Post-Soviet Era" (Talk by Dr. Bruce Berglund, Calvin University, 16 November 2022) After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, governing bodies in world sport banned Russian athletes and removed events from Russia. Leaders of these organizations referred to Russia's unprovoked attack on …

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Sochi and the Lessons of Russian History

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by Bruce Berglund Every so often, current events overtake a history class.  The event itself might be clearly historic—like the resignation of a pope. Or it can be the case that what’s happening in the present resonates so strongly with themes from the past that the professor and students put aside their study of history …

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