Historical Thoughts and Interpretations by historicalthoughts

In this blog Christian Basar analyses historical events or ideas one may encounter in the historiographical field. Though this podcast will cover many different topics, Basar’s main interests lie in military and Russian history. Thanks to Zoxo for the great logo design! Find his work on Instagram and Twitter @zoxonline

Category: Education

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- Loyalist Life after Resettlement in Canada

Wed, 11 Jan 2023
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- A Review of Catherine Merridale’s ”Ivan’s War: The Red Army 1939-45”

Mon, 31 Oct 2022
43
- History: Science and Fiction (Reupload)

Mon, 17 Oct 2022
42
- Russian History in Textbook Form: A Theoretical Analysis of ”A History of Russia, the Soviet Union, and Beyond”

Mon, 10 Oct 2022
41
- CJ from Cool History Bros: A Discussion about Confucianism

Tue, 13 Sep 2022
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- Orthodox Brotherhood: Russo-Serb Relations regarding the Yugoslavian Civil War

Wed, 27 Jul 2022
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- ”Civilization” in Leo Tolstoy’s ”Hadji Murad”

Wed, 29 Jun 2022
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- Sergei Eisenstein’s ”Ivan the Terrible” - Three Interpretations

Sat, 14 May 2022
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- Unpredictable and Troublesome: Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense and Policy

Fri, 28 Jan 2022
36
- President Johnson’s Fateful Choice in Vietnam

Wed, 05 Jan 2022
35
- Toward an Historiography of an “Orthodox Christian Work Ethic”

Thu, 30 Sep 2021
34
- "Stalin Organs:" The Soviet "Katyusha" Rocket Artillery System

Tue, 22 Jun 2021
33
- Bear and Beaver: A Survey of Russian-Canadian Relations after Euromaidan

Mon, 22 Feb 2021
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- The Soviet Union in Syria

Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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- Strategic Thoughts: The Syrian Civil War and the Russian Arms Trade

Fri, 03 Jul 2020
30
- Preaching to the Northern Nations: The Christianization of the Norse Lands

Sat, 06 Jun 2020
29
- Psychology of Faith, Part 4: A Personal Definition of Faith

Sat, 23 May 2020
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- Psychology of Faith, Part 3: Mankind's Response to Revelation

Sun, 17 May 2020
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- Psychology of Faith, Part 2: Faith and the Intellect

Tue, 05 May 2020
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- Psychology of Faith, Part 1: Psychology of Faith or Just Faith?

Thu, 30 Apr 2020
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- "Gateway to the Peace:" A Short History of Chetwynd, B.C.

Tue, 21 Apr 2020
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- Failed Crusade but Imperial Glory: The Teutonic Knights’ Imperialistic Legacy in Eastern Europe

Tue, 24 Mar 2020
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- The Development of Holy Russia: A Governmental and Religious Narrative

Sat, 22 Feb 2020
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- Strategic Thoughts: Russia's Campaign in Syria: Background, Motivations, and Results

Wed, 15 Jan 2020
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- The Memory of Masada

Mon, 12 Aug 2019
20
- Russian Cities History Project 2.1: Introduction to Kazan'

Wed, 10 Jul 2019
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- Russian Cities History Project 1.3: Russia's Federal Structure

Tue, 11 Jun 2019
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- Russian Cities History Project 1.2: My Impressions of Traveling in Russia

Fri, 17 May 2019
17
- Canada in the Pacific Theatre of World War II

Mon, 15 Apr 2019
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- Strategic Thoughts: The Military Reforms of Gustavus Adolphus

Sun, 31 Mar 2019
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- "Mount Lebanon:" A Conversation about the Druze People

Sun, 17 Feb 2019
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- Russian Cities History Project 1.1: Series Announcement

Sun, 03 Feb 2019
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- War and Faith: Memories of the Great Patriotic War in the Russian Orthodox Church

Fri, 01 Feb 2019
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- Strategic Thoughts: The Battle of Iwo Jima

Tue, 15 Jan 2019
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- Strategic Thoughts: The Kerch Strait Incident of November 25, 2018

Wed, 05 Dec 2018
10
- "The Skeleton of the Red Army:" Red Guard Workers' Militias and the Arming of the Soviet State

Tue, 22 May 2018
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- The August 1991 Coup: Inevitable Failure and the Soviet Union's Death Knell

Sat, 07 Apr 2018
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- Holy War: Memory of the Great Patriotic War in the Russian Orthodox Church

Mon, 12 Feb 2018
7
- Rewriting the Scriptures: Religious Justification for Nazi Anti-Semitism within Radical German Protestant Christianity

Thu, 01 Feb 2018
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- "Grammar School Strategy:" An Appraisal of the Japanese Invasion of the Aleutian Islands

Thu, 18 Jan 2018
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- "Sighs too Deep for Words" - Internal Prayer in Orthodox Christianity

Wed, 17 Jan 2018
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- Corrupt and Obsolete: An Analysis of the Fall of Mamluk Egypt

Sat, 06 Jan 2018
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- Why Ideas are Powerful

Sun, 28 Aug 2016
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- The Power of Ideas

Sun, 28 Aug 2016
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- Connections between Regions and the Construction of Historical Narratives

Sun, 28 Aug 2016

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