Pietro Shakarian - Anastas Mikoyan, An Armenian Reformer in Khrushchev's Kremlin| Ep 480, Oct 22, 2025

Chapters

1. 00:00 Into to show with Dr. Pietro Shakarian
2. 01:53 The research that went into the book, and the joys of publishing
3. 06:49 How much new material was uncovered from dissertation to the book?
4. 10:12 What is the cover image?
5. 13:05 Where should we start discussing the book?
6. 18:32 What was the Lake Sevan issue?
7. 25:41 Confederating the Soviet Union?
8. 31:54 Was Mikoyan driven by ideology or nationalism in trying to confederate the Soviet Union?
9. 34:50 Why would states stay in the Union, and not simply secede?
10. 38:35 Mikoyan with Historians and representation of history
11. 45:23 What was Mikoyan's assessment and criticism of the First Republic?
12. 49:23 What lessons can we draw from Mikoyan's days to today's Armenia politics?
13. 52:32 What prevented Mikoyan from solving the Artsakh problem through his network?
14. 1:01:39 Did Soviet Russia invent the Armenian Cause for the Genocide, and more?
15. 1:08:51 Mikoyan's role in de-Stalinization
16. 1:11:44 Mikoyan's attitude towards the church
17. 1:13:13 Cuban Missle Crisis anecdote with Che Guevarra
18. 1:14:32 About Dr. Pietro Shakarian
19. 1:15:03 SUPPORT GROONG! podcasts.groong.org/donate