We speak with Russian historian, history teacher, activist and EuroClio ‘Ambassador’ Tamara Eidelman about authoritarianism and totalitarianism. Having left Moscow for Lisbon in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Tamara continues to run her wildly popular YouTube channel on Russian and World History from aboard. Tamara shares her thoughts on teaching about totalitarianism, her experience as a teacher in Russia, her own school education in the Soviet Union, as well as the current war and situation in Russia - and its implications for history teaching. Is Putin’s Russia itself on the road to totalitarianism?

This podcast episode was recorded in connection with EuroClio's webinar series "The Road to totalitarianism". Registrations on euroclio.eu will open shortly!

For more content with Tamara Eidelman, we highly recommend her interview on the YouTube channel of Russian journalist Yury Dud (with English subtitles).