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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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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

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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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38:28

Episode 84 - State of the Nations (5) 1762

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2024/10/25

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 III of Poland-Lithuania and Saxony had the largest collection of hats and wigs in Europe. Hosted on Acast. See

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26:16

Episode 83 - Death in the afternoon

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2024/10/18

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.

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22:18

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

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2024/09/23

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 Schleswigs, Shlisselburgs and Oranienbaums for me to cope with....Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma

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26:16

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

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2024/08/16

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 Petersburg would represent a long sought after miracle.Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small

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21:19

Episode 80 - A Fresh Start

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2024/08/07

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.

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24:47

Episode 79 - The Three Letters

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2024/06/13

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 other will keep on digging.Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription

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