The History of Russia Podcast

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 g...

23 Okt 202525min

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...

17 Sep 202533min

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 Aug 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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Feb 202525min