Mark Steinberg About This Week's Guest Mark Steinberg Mark Steinberg is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of many books and articles on the Russian Revolution, urban history, religion, emotions, and utopias, including Proletarian Imagination: Self, Modernity, and the Sacred in Russia, 1910-1925 (Cornell 2002; Russian Edition 2022), Petersburg Fin-de-Siècle (Yale 2011), The Russian Revolution, 1905-1921 (Oxford 2017; Russian Edition 2018), the seventh through ninth (2018) editions of A History of Russia with Nicholas Riasanovsky (Oxford), and Russian Utopia: A Century of Revolutionary Possibilities, in the book series “Russian Shorts” (Bloomsbury 2021). In 2003, for “Great Courses” by The Teaching Company, he recorded A History of Russia from Peter the Great to Gorbachev (a 36-lecture video/audio course with supplementary booklets). He is currently working on the tenth edition of A History of Russia, which will appear in early 2024, and on Crooked and Straight in the City: Moral Storytelling on the Streets of New York, Bombay, and Odessa in the 1920s. "Russia is not only Vladimir Putin" Mark's tips to become more culturally competent: Whatever you think you know about Russia is true, you're wrong. Russia is not (only) Putin. Rember the diversity To really know Russia you need to know Russians. Spend some time not with the elite but with the individual people Read about the news and the country Russia. Links mentioned in this episode are: Publisher: publish.illinois.edu/mdsteinberg   Interview about the book at  https://newbooksnetwork.com/russian-utopia Email: steinb@illinois.edu Want to avoid the most common mistakes when working internationally? Read this article. Culture Matters The Culture Matters Podcast on International Business & Management Podcast Build your Cultural Competence, listen to interesting stories, learn about the cultural pitfalls and how to avoid them, and get the Global perspective here at the Culture Matters podcast on International Business. We help you understand Cultural Diversity better by interviewing real people with real experiences. Every episode there is an interview with a prominent guest, who will tell his or her story and share international experiences. Helping you develop your cultural competence. Welcome to this culture podcast and management podcast. To Subscribe to this Management Podcast, Click here. The Culture Matters Culture Podcast. Available on iTunes and Stitcher Radio Click here to get the podcast on Spotify Talk to your Amazon Alexa and listen to the Podcast Listen directly on Amazon If you have a minute, please leave me an honest rating and review on iTunes by clicking here. It will help the visibility and the ranking of this culture podcast on iTunes immensely! A BIG THANK YOU! Enjoy this FREE culture podcast! Music: Song title - Bensound.com More Ways of Listening:   Get a Taste of How Chris Presents, Watch his TEDx Talk     Name Email Address Phone Number Message 10 + 11 = Send Call Direct: +32476524957   European Office (Paris) Whatsapp: +32476524957   The Americas (USA; Atlanta, GA; también en Español):  +1 678 301 8369 Book Chris Smit as a Speaker If you're looking for an Engaging, Exciting,