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1
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Why was World War I a catastrophe?
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46 listeners
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2
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What was Russia like in the early 1900's?
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44 listeners
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3
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What is Marxism?
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35 listeners
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4
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Why was Marx important in Russia?
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31 listeners
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5
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Why was Lenin such an effective politician?
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29 listeners
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6
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What triggered the 1917 Revolution?
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28 listeners
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7
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Could democracy have succeeded in Russia in 1917?
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27 listeners
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8
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What were the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks?
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26 listeners
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9
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Who were the peasants?
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24 listeners
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10
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How did the ruling class see the future of Russia?
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23 listeners
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11
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Why was Lenin a successful politician?
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22 listeners
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12
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What was Tzar Nicholas II like as a ruler?
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22 listeners
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13
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Who were the workers?
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21 listeners
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14
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Who were the nobles?
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21 listeners
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15
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Who are you and what do you do?
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21 listeners
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16
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What was the legacy of the Russian Revolution?
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21 listeners
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17
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What were Petr Stolypin’s ideas?
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20 listeners
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18
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What group of people triggered the 1905 Revolution?
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20 listeners
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19
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How was Russia ruled under the tsars?
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20 listeners
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20
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What did the Liberals want?
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20 listeners
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21
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What was the Socialist Revolutionary Party?
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19 listeners
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22
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Why is Russia's population shrinking?
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19 listeners
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23
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How was Russian society divided?
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18 listeners
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24
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What were U.S.-Cuban relations like leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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18 listeners
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25
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Interpreting The Volga Barge Haulers.
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18 listeners
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26
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Why would countries like North Korea and Iran want nuclear weapons?
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16 listeners
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27
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What was the Bay of Pigs invasion and why was it significant?
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15 listeners
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28
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What was Nikita Khrushchev like as a person?
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15 listeners
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29
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How did many Cubans view U.S. influence in Cuba in the 1950s?
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14 listeners
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30
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What could have happened if the United States had attacked Cuba?
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14 listeners
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31
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What did Kennedy learn from the Bay of Pigs invasion?
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13 listeners
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32
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Why did Cuba align itself with the Soviet Union?
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13 listeners
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33
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What did the Soviet people think of Fidel Castro?
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13 listeners
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34
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What is the bourgeoisie?
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13 listeners
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35
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What was the Cuban Missile Crisis like from the Soviet perspective?
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13 listeners
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36
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What do Cubans think about Khrushchev withdrawing the missiles?
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11 listeners
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37
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How close did we come to nuclear war?
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11 listeners
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38
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Do women and men have the same opportunities in Iran?
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10 listeners
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39
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What advice did General Curtis LeMay give Kennedy?
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10 listeners
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40
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How did Soviet submarines increase the chance of nuclear war?
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10 listeners
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41
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How did Khrushchev react to Castro’s letter of October 26?
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10 listeners
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42
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How did Kennedy react to Khrushchev’s letters of October 26 and 27?
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10 listeners
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43
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Did Khrushchev think he could manipulate Kennedy?
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9 listeners
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44
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How did Americans, Soviets, and Cubans react to the crisis?
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9 listeners
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45
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Why were mosques important in protests against the government?
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8 listeners
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46
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Why do women in Iran wear the hijab or chador?
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7 listeners
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47
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How did different national perspectives lead to three names for the crisis?
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7 listeners
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48
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Why did the UN reform its system of dealing with human rights in 2006?
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7 listeners
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49
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Why was the 1979 revolution widely supported?
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7 listeners
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50
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What roles did Britain and Russia play in Iran?
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6 listeners
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