Episode 8 - A step too far
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
Episode 7 - Go East young man!
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
Episode 6 - The Fool and The Saint
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
Episode 5 - Oleg the Enigmatic
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
Episode 4 - A thunderbolt from Heaven
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
Episode 3 - Our Land is vast and abundant
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
Episode 2 - Through the mists of time
This time around I’ll be looking at the historical background, covering a vast period that will start way, way back when the first known human habitation occurred in the area we now know as Russia.And...
19 Feb 202126min
Episode 1 - The Caged Bear
In the first of two scene setting episodes we are going to start off with a high-level look at the geography of Russia pointing out the main features which will hopefully serve as a useful backdrop fo...
9 Feb 202120min
