Russian Rulers History Podcast
First we follow the Russian rulers from Rurik to Putin. From there, we will cover all aspects of Russian and Soviet history as well as the histories of all of the countries that were part of the USSR and the Russian Empire. Hopefully, the podcast can help you understand the policies of Vladimir Putin, and Russia. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/support
Episodes
358 episodes
Russian Colonialism and Imperialism
Despite Russia claiming that their country never played the colonialism and imperialism game that the west played, they are not telling the truth. Russia and the Soviet Union, had a long history taking over countries, lands, and peoples, for th...
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Episode 325
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24:28
Raskol - The Schism within the Russian Orthodox Church
Today, we cover the only major schism in Russian Orthodox history, known as the Raskol. Occurring in the mid-17th century, the reforms of Patriarch Nikon, led to the schism that would pit one side, the central church, against those known as the...
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Episode 324
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22:53
In the Case of the Anti-Soviet Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites - Part Two
Today, we wrap up the series on the final Moscow Show Trial in which 21 men would lose their lives in a trial short on reality and long on self admission of quilt.
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Episode 323
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In the Case of the Anti-Soviet Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites - Part One
Today, we cover the third Moscow Show Trial based on the actual transcript, translated into English.
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Episode 322
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The History of Kyiv
Today, we finish our three part series on some of the most important cities of Russia with the history of the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv.
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Episode 321
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23:42
The History of St. Petersburg
Today, we cover the history of Russia's one-time capital, St. Petersburg. Founded by Peter the Great in 1703, it became Russia's first truly European city.
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Episode 320
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24:06
The History of Moscow
Today's episode takes us on a journey through the history of Russia's capital, Moscow.
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Episode 319
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23:49
The Patriarchs and Metropolitans of the Russian Orthodox Church - Part Two
Today, we wrap up the series on the heads of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Episode 318
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23:03
The Patriarchs and the Metropolitans of the Russian Orthodox Church - Part One
Today, we begin a two-part series of the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church, beginning in the early 14th century.
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Episode 317
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23:16
The History of the Cossacks - Part Three
Today, we wrap up our history of the Cossacks, flowing them from the time of Catherine the Great, the Napoleonic Invasion, and though their tough times under the Bolsheviks.
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Episode 316
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24:25
The History of the Cossacks - Part Two
Today, we continue on our journey into the history of the Cossacks, focusing mostly on those from the Don River basin.
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Episode 315
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23:34
The History of the Cossacks - Part One
Today, we start a new, 3-part series on the history of the Cossacks. The legendary bands of free men, helped influence the Russian experience to this day.
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Episode 314
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23:15
Sergei Witte
Sergei Witte was the first Prime Minister of Russia that wasn't the Tsar. Try as he could, he was unable to convince Nicholas II to reform the country and create a constitutional monarchy.
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Episode 313
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23:46
The Great Purge - Part Three
Today, we wrap up the tragic story of the Great Purge which costs millions of lives and adversely affected Russians to this day.
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Episode 312
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26:13
The Great Purge - Part Two
Today, we cover those unfortunate individuals who were caught up in the Purge despite having nothing to do with the charges put up against them.
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Episode 311
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24:23
The Great Purge - Part One
Today, we begin a three-part series on the Great Purge of 1937-1939, where over one million people lost their lives.
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Episode 310
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25:15
An Interview with Professor Marlene Laruelle
Today's episode with Professor Laruelle will cover a number of topics including an overview of Russian history and the ebb and flow of Russian reforms and autocracy and how it relates to the rest of the world. You can find out more about her bo...
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Episode 309
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29:29
The Battle of Borodino
Today, we cover the story of the Battle of Borodino, the battle that would turn the tide against the French and Napoleon. It was one of the most important conflicts in world history.
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Episode 308
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23:11
A Life Under Russian Serfdom
Today, we cover the miserable conditions that Russian serfs lived in. In particular, we will share quotes from the memoirs of one of the serfs, Savva Dmitrievich Purlevsky, who live in Russia between 1800 and 1868.
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Episode 307
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Princess Ekaterina Dashkova - Part Three
Today, we wrap up the series of this remarkable woman. From meeting Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, and Denis Diderot, Dashkova would become the first woman to lead a major science academy.
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Episode 306
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Princess Ekaterina Dashkova - Part Two
Today, we continue the story of this remarkable person. Dashkova, as she writes in her memoirs, believed herself to be in the middle of the coup to remove Peter III and replace him with the future Catherine the Great.
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Episode 305
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Princess Ekaterina Dashkova - Part One
Today, we begin the series into one of the most fascinating women in world and Russian history, Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova Dashkova. She would become friends with Catherine The Great, Voltaire, and even Benjamin Franklin.
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Episode 304
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Lenin - Who Was He Really?
Who was Vladimir Ulyanov Lenin? How did he become the man who would help overthrow the Romanovs and begin the Bolshevik control of Russia and its neighboring countries?
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Episode 303
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