The History of Russia Podcast

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 ...

12 Elo 202527min

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.

27 Kesä 202529min

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 aca...

4 Kesä 202526min

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 th...

26 Huhti 202523min

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 s...

1 Huhti 202524min

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 c...

28 Helmi 202525min

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 O...

27 Tammi 202525min

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...

31 Joulu 202427min