The History of Russia Podcast

Dec 02 2024 89 ep. 25 mins 119

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A podcast exploring everything related to the History of Russia
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Episode 86 - Zero Sum

Dec 02 2024 73 mins

So in today’s episode we’ll be taking another break from the chronological narrative and looking instead at mainly, the last three decades and a bit, at what went on in Russia from a commercial and business perspective.And to help us through this tumultuous and fascinating period of more recent Russian History we have someone who has spent four decades travelling and working in

Episode 85 - ‘Colicgate’

Nov 10 2024 22 mins

In this week’s episode ware going to look at four main itemsA short appraisal of Peter’s reign, a longer appraisal of Elizabeth’s time in charge, a look at the recent coup’s winners and losers and then finally, how Catherine and her advisors (well actually, one advisor) explained away the death of her husband.Oh and there's a heartfealt apology from me regarding a mistake I

Episode 84 - State of the Nations (5) 1762

Oct 25 2024 38 mins

A longer than usual episode which provides an overall look at the world in 1762 - just at the point when Catherine was starting her reign in Russia.Britannia ruled the waves (or was starting to) and the age of enlightenment and the trans-atlantic slave trade were approaching their respective zeniths.The agrarian and industrial revolutions were just getting underway, and Augustus II

Episode 83 - Death in the afternoon

Oct 18 2024 26 mins

Whilst the new regime is finalising it's coup, over at Oranienbaum, a blissfully ignorant Peter has just drilled his Holstein guards and is now on his way to Peterhof to celebrate his name day. But when he get's there, Catherine is of course, nowhere to be seen . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 82 - The New Empress of all the Russias - almost.....

Sep 23 2024 22 mins

This time around we’ll be looking at the latest events in the Seven Years War, Peter’s Danish campaign, how becoming Tsar had affected his relationship with his wife Catherine and finally, and as the episode title in a fairly unsubtle way hints at, what Catherine and her allies decided to do about things.Apologies for the poor pronunciation throughout - there were just too many

Episode 81 - The Empress is dead, long live the...

Aug 16 2024 26 mins

This time around we’ll be looking at the events that unfolded in the years 1761 and 1762 which, as the title suggests, sadly involves the end of the line for the Empress Elizabeth.But, in an age when Russia had no clearly defined order of succession, much like today, no one was entirely sure what or who would happen next.For one person though, the change of regime in St Petersbur

Episode 80 - A Fresh Start

Aug 07 2024 21 mins

This time around we’ll be covering the years 1759 and 1760. Years in which the Grand Duchess Catherine and Frederick the Great will be taking stock of their own respective situations and enacting plans to safeguard their own respective futures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 79 - The Three Letters

Jun 13 2024 24 mins

It's Spring 1758 and Grand Duchess Catherine is attempting to extricate herself from yet another difficult situation. Meanwhile, over in Prussia, Frederick the Great, despite having just won major battles against the French and the Austrians, is trying to work out how to deal with the enemies that still surround him in every direction.One of them will get out of their hole, the oth

Episode 78 - Death, Madness and Banishment

May 14 2024 23 mins

This week we’ll be putting the seven years war to one side whilst we concentrate instead on events that took place in Russia during 1757 and 1758 which, in no particular order, include the reasons for, and the political and personal fallout from, that Russian withdrawal, Catherine and Stansislaus’s affair, the Empress Elizabeth’s health and Peter’s pro-Prussian leanings.Cli

Episode 77 - Russia Attacks!

Apr 22 2024 28 mins

It's 1757 and for the first time in a long time the Russian army gets to flex its muscles. Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following -Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the PodcastAd-free podcastsAt least one members only episode per monthGeneral release episodes at least 1