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The History of Russia Podcast

A podcast exploring everything related to the History of Russia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:19

Episode 103 - Villages, Partitions, and Revolution.

The History of Russia Podcast ·

2026/04/22

Today we are going to zoom in on that period just after the dust had settled — roughly 1792 onwards — and have a look at what Russia looked like from a geopolitical standpoint We'll also be talking about a man, sadly for the last time, who had become one of the titans of Russian History. Grigory Potemkin.(in a way I'm glad because for some strange reason my pronunciation of his name was inconsistent to say the least)And then we'll be spending some time with a general who, if you remember from the

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28:36

Episode 102 - Victory and stalemate

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2026/04/16

After a decade of calmness in Russia with not much happening, the late 1780's suddenly exploded into action with wars against both the Ottomans and the Swedes and we also witness the death of another major European player.Oh and don't be alarmed but for this epsiode only, I've changed things - musically. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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27:43

Episode 101 - The early 1780’s

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2026/04/09

This time around we’ll be looking at, in general, more calmness and I’ll be concentrating on just four things that will take us up to the mid 1780sFurther Russian territorial expansion and a touch more provincial reformWe’ll follow that with one or two family matters (not mine I hasten to add, but Catherine’s)And then in the second part of the episode we’ll look at a European geopolitical shift and the deaths of two of our major players.And then we’ll end up with the facts or rumours (you decide)

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35:04

Episode 100, Russia’s story so far, and the world in...

The History of Russia Podcast ·

2026/03/27

In today’s episode there are three things on the agenda.An overall summary of the key events and main themes of The History of Russia from 840i to 1780and how those themes and events had made Russia what it had become by the late 18th CenturyA whizz around the world in 1780 to see what was going on outside of Russia, again big-picture wise.And then as if that wasn’t enough you’ll get to hear me waffling on about the pitiful existence of an independent podcaster and what I think the future holds for

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30:23

Episode 99 - The almost empty in-tray

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2026/03/18

This time around we'll be covering a 5 year period 1776 -1780 where Russia was going through a very rare calm period particularly when balanced against what had gone on between 1768 and 1775 and what would take place in the late 1780s.But that’s not to say, as you will soon see, that nothing was happening.Apologies, one Rooster in particular decided that the early part of the episode wasn't quite to his liking and decided to complain, loudly and often. I managed to edit most of it out but you can

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27:54

Episode 98 - Two Weddings, Two Deaths and a Cockroach

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2026/03/12

After a long lay off the boy is back!Today, we’re going to track back to look at some other events that took place between 1772 and 1777 and in particular what was going on with Catherine and her son Paul and the steps that the empress would take to deal with yet another pretender to the Russian throne.Oh, and right at the end I’ll tell you a bit about what I’ve been up to over the last couple of months and how that will hopefully affect, the podcast’s future, in a positive way, and apologies in

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3:29

Podcast Update - November 2025

The History of Russia Podcast ·

2025/11/25

Just a short update from me about life in general and the short-term impact to the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:08

Episode 97 - You’re going up and I’m going down

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2025/11/13

In recent episodes we've seen how various major events - the war with the Ottomans, the first partition of Poland, Smallpox, Pugachev, and the Moscow plague outbreak, occupied every waking hour of Catherine the Great's life.But did they?Well in today's epsiode we are going to discover that the answer to that question was a resounding 'no'There's no listener discretion required for this one - play it loud and play it often! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:50

Episode 96 - The Pugachevshchina

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2025/10/23

Pugachev's rebellion gathers steam but Catherine the Great, who has other things to worry about, fails to take it seriously.Once again, some parts of this episode are, to say the least, a bit on the grim side.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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33:11

Episode 95 - Variolation, Expansion and Rebellion

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2025/09/17

In the first part of the episode we’ll be heading back to the 1760s and looking at the steps Catherine and others had taken to counter the effects of another of the 18th century’s fatal diseases - the dreaded smallpox.And then after that we’ll be taking a look at some further Russian territorial expansion and then finally the very beginning of and the reasons for the most serious rebellion of Catherine’s reign which was led by - Tsar Peter III, that’s right, that Peter III, the one who had died or

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27:33

Episode 94 - War, Plague and Peace

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2025/08/12

In today’s episode and as per the title we’ll be looking at three major itemsFirstly the Russo-Turkish war, which we’ll be bringing to a close, secondly we’ll cover an outbreak of the plague and then we’ll finish things off by looking at how the war ended and what the resultant peace meant for both the Russian and Ottoman empires.Listener discretion required- Please note that some parts of the episode are, to say the least, a liitle bit on the grim side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

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29:43

Episode 93 - Three slices of Polish Pie

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2025/06/27

Battleships are at the ready in Cheshme Bay and Frederick the Great comes up with a very cunning plan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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26:39

Episode 92 - Billiards, Tennis or Infection?

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2025/06/04

Grigory Potemkin makes his mark at court and the next installment of the Russo-Ottoman wars gets underway.Oh, and I make not one, not two but three almost catastrophic errors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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23:20

Episode 91 - The last King of Poland

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2025/04/26

This time around we’ll look into what the Turks objected to, see who the next, and last King of Poland will be and investigate how this whole palaver resulted in a full scale war between Russia and the Ottomans.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 Dumaand a shout out on the PodcastAd-free podcastsAt least one members only episode per monthGeneral release episodes at least 1 week

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24:34

Episode 90 - Poles Apart

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2025/04/01

On the home front Catherine continues to be thwarted. However, in the field of foreign diplomacy, she plays a blinder (or does she?)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 Dumaand a shout out on the PodcastAd-free podcastsAt least one members only episode per monthGeneral release episodes at least 1 week earlierTranscripts for each episode(Patreon Only)Via

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25:36

Episode 89 - The Serfs and the Nakaz

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2025/02/28

This time around we’ll be taking a look at two part-related subjects, The condition of Serfdom and Catherine's legal reforms or Nakaz. However if you are expecting a series of wholesale, fundamental changes - don't hold your collective breaths...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 Dumaand a shout out on the PodcastAd-free podcastsAt least one members only episode per monthGeneral

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25:56

Episode 88 - The Khitrovo Affair and the Mirovich Plot

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2025/01/27

This time around, and as the episode title indicates, we’ll be covering two main incidents, 1763’s Khitrovo Affair which would have implications for the man of the moment, Catherine’s lover, Grigory Orlov and 1764’s Mirovich Plot which would result in the sad demise of one of our other key characters and both events would, in the end, have a positive outcome for the new empress.Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following

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27:24

Episode 87 - Time belongs not to me but to the empire.

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2024/12/31

This time around we’ll be taking a look at the steps that Catherine would take to kick start and consolidate her rule - how she would deal with the people who had helped her to seize power and how she would lay down her authority with the key institutions of the Russian state - government, church and the army.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:13:59

Episode 86 - Zero Sum

The History of Russia Podcast ·

2024/12/02

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 the Soviet Union and Russia, who speaks fluent Russian, who holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania

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22:52

Episode 85 - ‘Colicgate’

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2024/11/10

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 made last time out.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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