The History of Russia Podcast

In the first 'Checkpoint' episode we pause the narrative and take a look at what kind of state Kievan Rus was circa 1015, how it had developed to get to that point and how it compared to the Viking te...

25 Maj 202118min

This week's story starts with a bitter rivalry between 3 brothers which within 8 years would leave 2 of them dead.And then in the second half of the episode we’ll look at how the remaining sibling bec...

11 Maj 202125min

Sviatoslav hits the the military campaign trail again but this time with mixed results. There's also more Byzantine double dealing an attack on Kiev and someones skull gets turned into drinking vessel...

4 Maj 202128min

We look at the life of Sviatoslav, the next man in charge of the Rus starting  with his early years, his accession to power, his stance on religion and his first military campaigns and we'll ponder th...

22 Apr 202124min

This week in an action packed episode we look at the life and times of the next two people who get to rule the roost in the Rus territories, Igor son of Rurik and his wife Olga.Plus we'll meet the Dre...

12 Apr 202130min

We start with a tour around some of the Rus' neighbours and then take a look at the mysterious figure of Oleg who is now in charge and is about to head south...The podcast's web-site is historyofrussi...

30 Mars 202123min

This time we start off with an outline of the Byzantine empire and a look at what was going on down there around the time, or just prior to, the foundation of NovgorodAnd then we’ll take a look at the...

13 Mars 202128min

At last the chronological narrative begins and we’ll be investigating how and when and by whom, the first proto-russian political entity, of a sorts, was founded. We’ll also look at the different chro...

1 Mars 202125min