Russian Rulers History Podcast
By Mark Schauss
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Description
First we follow the Russian rulers from Rurik to Putin then take to recounting all aspects of Russian history.
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CleanPodcast Update | Podcast Update | 2/29/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 170 - No Foreseeable End - Vladimir Putin | We will be retracing all of the Russian Rulers, in reverse, starting with Vladimir Putin. | 1/16/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 169 - The History of Ukraine - Part Two | Ukraine has suffered through numerous wars and famines throughout the years. It helps explain what is going on there today. | 11/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 168 - The History of Ukraine - Part One | Ukraine is as much of a part of the history of Russia, as Russia is itself. Join us as we cover its 1000+ history. | 10/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 167 - Famines in Russia and the Soviet Union | Famines have been a driving force behind many societal changes in Russian history. We will cover five major ones in today's podcast. | 9/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 166 - Alexander Pushkin - Part Three | Pushkin is deep in debt, gets married, censored by the government then dies in a duel at the age of 37 | 8/23/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 165 - Alexander Pushkin - Part Two | Pushkin graduated from the Lycee but falls into a life of debauchery and liberalism that gets him into lots of trouble. | 8/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 164 - Alexander Pushkin - Part One | In today's podcast, we cover the early years of one of Russia's greatest poets, Alexander Pushkin. | 7/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 163 - Leo Tolstoy - The Later Years of Transformation | This episode follows the last years of one of the greatest writers in history, Leo Tolstoy. | 6/13/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 162 - Leo Tolstoy - Marriage, War and Peace and Anna Karenina | Tolstoy's marriage is somewhat infamous. What is not are two of his greatest works, War and Peace and Anna Karenina. | 5/30/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 161 - Leo Tolstoy - Manhood Part II | Leo Tolstoy heads to the Crimean War in Sevastopol, then takes two trips through Europe. | 4/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 160 - Leo Tolstoy - Manhood - Part 1 | Leo Tolstoy submits his first book, Childhood, for publication. It is met with wild enthusiasm. | 4/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 159 - Leo Tolstoy - Boyhood and Youth | Leo Tolstoy deals with growing up, moving to Kazan and deciding what to do with his life. | 3/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 158 - Leo Tolstoy - Childhood and Boyhood | Leo Tolstoy, one of the greatest writers in world history had quite a tumultuous childhood. | 2/22/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 157 - Life on the Russian Country Estate - Part Two | In this episode, we concentrate on the serfs and their life on the Russian country estate. | 2/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 156 - The Russian Country Estate - Part One | The Russian country estate before the Russian Revolution was a beautiful place for the noble family. | 1/2/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 155 - Leon Trotsky - Ouster to End | Leon Trotsky goes from one of the most powerful men in Russia to being in exile and finally murdered in 1940. | 12/7/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 154 - Leon Trotsky - 1905-1917 | Between 1905 and 1817 Trotsky escaped from Siberia and headed to Europe awaiting the right moment to return to Russia. | 12/1/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 153 - Leon Trotsky - Part One | Today, we cover the early years of Lev Bronstein, known to us as Leon Trotsky. | 11/16/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 152 - The Life of Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky | Feodor Dostoyevsky is considered on the literary giants of Russia. His sometimes tragic life inspired many of his incredible writings. | 10/25/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 151 - Pyotr Tchaikovsky and the 1812 Overture | Starting a new series on the culture of Russia, we begin with the legendary composer and musician, Pyotr Tchaikovsky. | 10/5/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 150 - The Mongol Invasion - Did it Really Matter? | In today's podcast we discuss whether the Mongol Invasion of 1240 had any impact on Russia. | 9/14/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 149 - The Crimean War - The Aftermath | The aftermath of the Crimean War caused a shift in power within Europe with clear winners and losers. | 8/16/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 148 - The Crimean War - The End | The war, dragging on for almost 2 years, needed to come to an end. The men were dying of disease and botched military planning. It was time. | 8/9/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 147 - The Crimean War - Part Seven | The Crimean War was now at a standstill with the allies squabbling amongst themselves. | 7/12/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - The Light Brigade | The Charge of the Light Brigade was a famous incident during the Battle of Balaclava. Today, I read the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the Last of the Light Brigade by Rudyard Kipling. | 6/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 146 - The Crimean War - Part Six | The Battles of Balaklava and Inkerman and the Charge of the Light Brigade are covered in today's podcast. | 6/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 145 - The Crimean War - Part Five | The Battle of Alma was a decisive allied win but it gave them a sense of overconfidence that would soon turn to dread. | 6/1/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 144 - The Crimean War - The Leaders | Today's podcast will give you a background on the leaders of the combatants in the Crimean War. | 5/31/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 143 - The Crimean War - Part Four | We now cover the beginning of the war and the incompetency of the diplomats and rulers who could have stopped the carnage. | 5/19/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 142 - The Crimean War - Part Three | The events leading up to the conflict were avoidable but bungling and religious fervor stole the day. | 4/29/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 141 - The Crimean War - Part Two | The causes of the war and a description of the enormity of it and the suffering are discussed. | 4/12/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 140 - How's He Do It? | Today's podcast gives the listener a description of how Mark Schauss puts on an episode of the show | 4/12/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 139 - The Crimean War - Part One - A Short History of Crimea | Today's podcast goes over the history of Crimea and talks about the reasons for the tensions between Russia and Ukraine. | 3/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 138 - The Enserfment of the Russian Peasant | The enserfment of the Russian peasant is the saddest and most tragic event in Russian history. | 3/8/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 137 - A Very Brief History of Belarus | Belarus has been part of Russian history for a long time. Here is a brief review of it. | 3/1/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 136 - The Battle of Borodino | The Battle of Borodino was the turning point of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. | 2/9/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 135 - Russian Generals of the Napoleonic Era, Part 2 | The three leading generals of the Napoleonic era were Bagration, Barclay de Tolly and Mikhail Kutuzov. | 2/1/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 134 - The Russian Imperial Army | The Russian Imperial Army founded by Peter the Great has a long but mixed history. | 1/20/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 133 - Russian Generals of the Napoleonic Era, Part One | Today's podcast follows the lives of three of the six great generals, Chichagov, Wittgenstein and Tormasov. | 1/4/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 132 - The Life and Murder of Grigori Rasputin - Part 2 | Rasputin's purported influence over the Tsar and Tsarina leads to his murder by members of the Russian aristocracy. | 12/19/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 131 - The Life and Murder of Grigori Rasputin, Part 1 | Rasputin's life and murder is one of the most controversial in world history. Here we try to set the record straight. | 12/7/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 130 - Was the Starets Feodor Kuzmich Really Alexander I | The death of Alexander I has long been a mystery. Did he fake his death and become a starets named Feodor Kuzmich to atone for his role in his father Paul I's murder? | 10/26/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 129 - The Four Rebellions - A Final Discussion | In today's podcast we review the rebellions and discuss why they happened and corollaries to today's world events. | 10/5/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 128 - The Pugachev Rebellion | The Pugachev Rebellion reached incredible heights of violence only to be crushed, with Pugachev betrayed by his own men. | 9/29/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 127 - The Pugachev Rebellion - Part 1 | The Pugachev Rebellion was the largest of its kind in Russia until the revolutions of 1905 and 1917. | 9/21/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 126 - The Bulavin Rebellion | The Bulavin Rebellion, while the smallest of the four, was the one that might have succeeded if a few things came out differently. | 9/8/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 125 - The Rebellion of Stenka Razin | Stenka Razin, a Don Cossack ataman, led a large insurgent army towards Moscow to save the Tsar and get rid of the evil boyars. | 9/1/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 124 - The Bolotnikov Rebellion - 1606-7 | The Bolotnikov rebellion was the first of four major rebellions to hit Russia between 1600-1800. | 8/18/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 123 - The History of the Russian Orthodox Church - Part 4 | From 1894 to present day, the ROC almost disappeared. Today, it is vibrant and international. | 8/11/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 122 - The History of the Russian Orthodox Church - Part 3 | The Church went through years of decay post Peter the Great. Numerous schismatic groups flourished throughout Russia. | 8/3/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 121 - The History of the Russian Orthodox Church - Part 2 | The Patriarchal Era spanned a little over 125 years until Peter the Great ended it in 1720. | 7/20/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 120 - The History of the Russian Orthodox Church - Part 1 | The Russian Orthodox Church's founding is steeped in myth and legend. Learn more about the early days in this episode. | 7/13/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 119 - The Geography and Climate of Russia | Russia is a vast and cold country. Learn how that influenced its history. | 6/22/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 118 - Chechnya and Russia: A Bad Relationship | Chechnya and Russia have a bitter relationship going back to the time of Ivan the Terrible. Find out why. | 6/16/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 117 - Vladimir Putin - An Unexpected Rise | Well we made it from Rurik to Putin with the last of the Rulers podcast, Vladimir Putin. | 5/12/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 116 - President to Private Citizen - Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin | Boris Yeltsin was successful at tearing apart the USSR but failed at revitalizing Russia. | 4/28/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 115 - A Coup, A Failure, and the Beginning of a New Russia | Yeltsin pushes the Soviet Union to the brink causing it to collapse on itself. | 4/20/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 114 - Rise of the Phoenix | Yeltsin, demoted from the Politburo rises to lead Russia as it moves away from the Soviet Union. | 4/13/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 113 - Yeltsin Begins to Make His Mark | Yeltsin becomes the First Secretary in Moscow and shakes up things. | 4/2/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 112 - Yeltsin Grows Up | Boris Yeltsin goes from a young student to the First Secretary of the Sverdlovsk Oblast. | 3/16/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 111 - Boris Yeltsin - The Early Years | With the collapse of the USSR, a new person takes control, Boris Yeltsin. Here is the story of how he got there. | 3/3/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 110 - The End of the USSR | After 74 years of existance, the Soviet Union closes its doors on December 31, 1991. | 2/4/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 109 - The End Game Nears | The USSR is economically broke and Gorbachev is making things worse. | 1/12/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 108 - Gorbachev Muddles Through Things | Gorbachev tries to rule a country with enormous problems | 12/26/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 107 - Gorbachev Rises On Top of a Heaping Mess of Things | We recount Gorbachev's rise to the head of the USSR through his memoir. | 12/11/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 106 - Gorbachev Joins the Party | We follow Gorbachev's rise to First Secretary of the Stavropol krai. | 11/27/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOverdrive - The Christianization of the Rus - Primary Chronicles | This podcast is on the Christianization of the Rus according to the Primary Chronicle. | 11/21/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 105 - Gorbachev - How He Got On Top In His Words | Based on his memoirs, we recount Gorbachev's rise to the top of the USSR. | 11/13/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Russian Halloween Story - The Blacksmith and the Devil | The Blacksmith and the Devil is an old Russian fairy tale. | 10/30/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 104 - Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chenenko and the Rise of Mikhail Gorbachev | After Brezhnev's death, two more Soviet leaders would die in quick succession which would lead to the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev. | 10/27/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 103 - Brezhnev and the Era Of Stagnation | Brezhnev takes sole control of the USSR but the economy hits an era of stagnation. | 10/13/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 102 - A Collective Leadership Takes Control | With Khrushchev gone, Brezhnev, Kosygin and Podgorny ascend to the top. | 10/6/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOverdrive - The Primary Chronicles - Part One | The Primary Chronicles is the main writings that allow us to gain insight as to the lives of early Russia. | 10/1/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOverdrive - The Plight of the Consumer | Nikita Khrushchev reveals his feelings about how the ordinary consumer feels about things in the Soviet Union after his overthrow. | 9/15/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 101 - We Will Bury You Nikita Sergeyevich | Making enemies everywhere, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev is ousted from his place as head of the Soviet Union. | 9/8/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOverdrive - The Sino/Soviet Conflict According to Khrushchev | Reading from Khrushchev Remembers, we recount his point of view about the Sino/Soviet conflict. | 9/1/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 100 - Thank You, Thank You, Thank You | This is a show dedicated to my many listeners and attempts to answer questions posed by them. | 8/25/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 99 - Teetering at the Brink of War | The Cuban Missile Crisis comes to a head with the world holding its collective breaths. | 8/11/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 98 - A Series of Unfortunate Decisions | The decision to place missiles in Cuba by Khrushchev is a bungled disaster. | 7/28/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 97 - The Berlin Wall and The Cuban Missile Crisis | The Berlin Wall is erected and the Cuban Missile Crisis threatens to unleash a thermonuclear war. | 7/14/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOverdrive - Mao in Moscow | Mao visits Moscow to meet with Khrushchev and makes some startling statements. | 7/7/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 96 - The American Trip, The U-2 and The Shoe | Khrushchev's American trip did little to help ease worldwide tensions but the U-2 incident and the shoe banging incident in the U.N. was even worse. | 7/4/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOverdrive - First Visit to Peking | Khrushchev and associates pay their first visit to China. | 6/26/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 95 - The Berlin Crisis and Khrushchev Visits America, Part 1 | Khrushchev, now undisputed leader of the USSR, is determined thaw out relations with the West, his way. | 6/24/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOverdrive Episode - The Origins of the Schism with China | From the book Khrushchev Remembers: The Last Testament, this podcast focuses of the origins of the schism between the USSR and China. | 6/19/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 94 - Khrushchev Meets the World | Khrushchev, having survived a coup, takes on the international stage. | 6/17/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 93 - The June Coup | The Anti-Party group led by Molotov, Kaganovich and Malenkov attempt to overthrow Khrushchev. | 6/9/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 92 - The Hungarian Revolution | After giving the Secret Speech, unforeseen crises erupted, the greatest of which was the Hungarian Revolution. | 6/2/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 91 - Khrushchev Grows Up | His rise to the top is one of legends. Here we follow Nikita Khrushchev's improbable climb. | 5/27/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 90 - Who is This Khrushchev Guy Anyway? | Nikita Khrushchev grew up in abject poverty yet he eventually became one of the most powerful men in the world. | 5/13/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 89 - Jockeying for Position | Khrushchev begins his jockeying for power against Malenkov and Molotov. | 5/6/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 88 - On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences | An edited version of the Secret Speech of Nikita Khrushchev given to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party in 1956 is read. | 4/19/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 87 - Who's In Charge? | With Stalin dead, a power vacuum gets filled but Beria failed to see a plot led by Khrushchev to overthrow him. | 4/14/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 86 - The End of a Monster | Joseph Stalin, who ruled the USSR for 30 years was planning World War III when he died of a stroke in 1953. | 4/7/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 85 - The End of One War, the Beginning of Another | With World War II over, Stalin now plans for global domination and starts the Cold War. | 3/31/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 84 - Wehrmacht on the Run | With the Germans being beaten across the board, Stalin resumes purging his people of nationalistic tendencies. | 3/24/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 83 - The Battle for the Motherland | The Battles of Moscow and Stalingrad as well as the siege of Leningrad are center stage. | 3/17/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 82 - Operation Barbarossa: Stalin's Worst Nightmare | Hitler's Wehrmacht invades Russia and Stalin is forced to figure out a way to save his country. | 3/10/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 81 - Invasion | Preparations are made by the Germans and Russians for war and on June 22, 1941 Stalin got his wish. | 3/3/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 80 - Stalin's Great Purge - Part II | Stalin fuels the fires of paranoia to escalate the Great Purge of 1937 and 38. | 2/18/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 79 - Stalin's Great Purge - Part I | The Great Purges was a time where millions were killed to eliminate all enemies of Joseph Stalin. | 2/11/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 78 - The Beginning of the Reign of Terror | Stalin begins the Reign of Terror sending millions of Russians to their death. | 2/4/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 77 - Once a Follower, Now a Leader | Stalin takes control of the USSR and ousts his enemies, Trotsky, Kamenev and Zinoviev. | 1/28/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 76 - The Transformation of Stalin | Stalin quickly rises up the ranks, becoming a minister in the new Bolshevik government. | 1/21/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 75 - Mikhail Bakunin - The Collectivist Anarchist | As a preview to the post-Rulers podcasts, today we focus on Mikhail Bakunin famed philosopher/anarchist. | 1/8/2012 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 74 - Koba, Lenin's Left Leg | Soso, became the revolutionary Koba who followed his idol Lenin and the Bolshevik Party. | 12/23/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 73 - Soso, The Young Stalin | Today's podcast tells the tale of the young Stalin, known in his childhood as Soso. | 12/17/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 72 - Comrade Lenin We Hardly Knew You | Lenin, resolves the economic disasters hitting Russia, suffers 3 strokes which take him out of control of the country. | 12/10/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 71 - The Russian Civil War | With Lenin taking control of the government, a civil war broke out that threatened his position. | 12/3/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 70 - The Bolsheviks are Coming, the Bolsheviks are Coming | Vladimir Lenin takes control of the Russian government amidst chaos in Petrograd. | 11/26/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 69 - The Provisional Government | With Nicholas II gone, the Provisional Government led by Alexander Kerensky takes control. | 11/13/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanQuestions and Answers #1 | Today's episode is meant to answer questions that have been posed about Russian history. | 10/29/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 68 - Death to the Romanov's | Nicholas II has abdicated the throne and is now house arrest where he awaits his fate. | 10/23/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 67 - Why Did It Have To End? | Nicholas II under increasing pressure to abdicate, gives up the throne his family held for over 300 years. | 10/15/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 66 - From Celebrations to the Misery of War | Nicholas II celebrates a number of historical events while he gets his country ready to plunge into WWI. | 10/10/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 65 - The Beginning of the End for Nicholas II | Nicholas II steers Russian foreign policy towards war after changing the makeup of the Duma. | 10/1/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 64 - Tsar Nicholas II Loses His Relationship With His People | Tsar Nicholas II allows for a Duma to be formed after the Revolution of 1905. | 9/26/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 63 - Road Trip to Destruction | Russia plunges headlong into war with Japan and suffers a humiliating defeat. | 9/18/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 62 - Nicholas II and His String of Major Errors | Nicholas II, instead of relaxing the policies of his father Alexander III, tightens them alienating more and more of his subjects. | 9/3/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 61 - The Ascension of the Last Romanov | Nicholas II becomes Tsar reluctantly on the death of his father. Within years tragedy strikes at the celebration of his coronation at the Khodynka Field. | 8/28/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 60 - Reforms? There Will Be No Reforms! | Alexander III take control of Russia and undoes many of the reforms of his late, murdered father. | 8/7/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 59 - Kill the Reformer | Alexander II tries to reform Russia only to have multiple assassinations come his way. Eventually one was to succeed bringing his reign to an abrupt end. | 7/30/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 58 - The Ascension of the Great Liberator - Alexander II | With Nicholas I dead and the Crimean War going badly, Alexander II takes control and seeks to reform his Russia. | 7/23/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - Russian History Books | So how do I come up with all of my podcasts? This episode host Mark Schauss reviews the books he uses to research the subject of Russian History. | 7/19/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 57 - The Misery is Beyond Description | Nicholas I, keeps his reactionary position intact which causes Russia to lose the Crimean War, with the army suffering horrible losses. | 7/16/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 56 - A Major Turn to the Right, Nicholas I Takes Control | Alexander I dies and his brother Nicholas takes control but not without a bit of controversy. | 7/10/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 55 - Napoleon on the Run | Napoleon is chased by Alexander I all the way to Paris. The Tsar then has a change in personality causing him to reverse many of his earlier reforms. | 7/2/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - The State of Russia in the Early 1800's | Mikhail Speransky was a brilliant man who saw how bad things truly were in Russia in the early 19th century. | 6/29/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 54 - Napoleon versus Alexander | Napoleon continues to menace the Russian border until he decides to invade in 1812. Things don't go as planned. | 6/26/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 53 - Guilt, Will Follow Him All His Days | Alexander I takes over for his murdered father Paul I. Napoleon is charging through Europe threatening Russia. | 6/18/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - The Evil Within Russia - Serfdom | Serfdom enslaved 90% of the Russian population which represented 54 million people by the time Alexander I took the throne | 6/11/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 52 - Emperor Paul I | With Catherine the Great dead, her son Paul I sought to reverse all that she had accomplished. | 6/4/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 51 - One Down, Six to Go | Catherine, now in her sixties takes her last breath ushering in the reign of her son, Paul I. | 5/28/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 50 - Catherine Goes to the Crimea | Empress Catherine, having taken control of the Crimea, sets off on a grand tour of the newly conquered land. | 5/21/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 49 - The Maturing Catherine | Catherine, now in her 50's marries off Paul yet again and is given the heir's she so desperately wanted. | 5/17/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFirst Anniversary Edition of the Russian Rulers Podcast - Part Two | In another Cliff Notes version of the podcast, we review the time from Dmitri Donskoi to the birth of Ivan the Terrible. | 5/10/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 48 - The Love of Her Life, Grigory Potemkin | Tired of her brainless lover, Catherine brings to court the love of her life, Grigory Potemkin. | 5/8/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 47 - The Pugachev Rebellion | The greatest peasant rebellion in Russian history, led by Pugachev sends shivers down Empress Catherine's spine. | 5/2/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFirst Anniversary Edition of the Russian Rulers Podcast - Part One | On April 30, 2010, I started this podcast, now one year later, I will recount the episodes from the beginning in a condensed form. | 4/29/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 46 - Leading by Example | Catherine, now in firm control, becomes the first Russian to be innoculated for smallpox. She also starts a war with the Ottoman Empire. | 4/23/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 45 - A Fragile Hold on Power | Catherine, fresh off the coup d'etat which brought her to power, consolidates her tenuous hold on the throne. | 4/14/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpsiode 44 - The Ascension of Catherine | Catherine, now Grand Duchess of Russia, plots to take control once Empress Elizabeth dies. | 4/9/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 43 - Catherine, the Virgin Wife | Sophie, now baptized Catherine Alexeyevna, begins to understand that her life was not to be an easy one. She was to find out who the Russians really were. | 4/2/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 42 - Catherine, The Early Years | Sophie Augusta Fredericka was an unlikely candidate to marry well. We follow her early years before she wed the future Tsar Peter III. | 3/26/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - Peter III - Freeing the Nobility From Service | Peter III, in his few short months accomplished much. The Manifesto Freeing the Nobility From Service was one such accomplishment. | 3/20/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 41 - Elizabeth I, The War of Austrian Succession & The Seven Years War | Elizabeth I, Empress of Russia, had Russia embroiled in 2 world wars up until her death. | 3/12/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpsiode 40 - The Reign of Elizabeth I, Part One | Elizabeth, having overthrown Ivan VI in a bloodless coup, rules Russia with a opulent style spending vast sums of money on the luxuries of the day. | 3/6/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 39 - Catherine I to Elizabeth I | Peter the Great is dead and his successor Catherine I died only 2 years later. Anna was followed by Peter II and Ivan VI who was overthrown by Peter the Great's daughter Elizabeth. | 2/26/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - Peter's Table of Ranks | One of Peter the Great's reforms was the publishing of the Table of Ranks. It defined where a man would be in terms of nobility and place in society. | 2/24/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 38 - But There Is Still So Much To Do | Peter the Great's reign, lasting 42 years comes to an end. His legacy though, lasts to this day. | 2/18/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 37 - A Son, An Heir, A Grave Disappointment | Peter the Great's son Alexis, turns out to be the great disappointment of the Tsar's life. Russia begins to bring fear throughout Europe as its power grows. | 2/7/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 36 - The Aftermath of Poltava and the Disaster at Pruth | Bathing in the glory of Poltava, Peter becomes too cocky and almost has everything reversed at Pruth. | 1/30/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - Charles XII of Sweden | Charles XII of Sweden was a thorn in Peter I's side for many years. Here I give a brief overview of his life and impact on the world. | 1/25/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 35 - The Great Northern War, Peter Makes A Comeback | The Battle of Poltava is a seminal moment in Russian history destined to change the country forever. Peter accomplishes this while building St. Petersburg. | 1/23/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 34 - Two Titans - Peter and Charles XII | Peter, fresh from his Great Embassy, embarks on the Great Northern War against Sweden. | 1/15/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 33 - The Great Embassy, Part 2 | Peter travels from Holland to England than off the Vienna before returning to Moscow to deal with the Streltsy revolt. | 1/9/2011 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 32 - The Great Embassy, Part 1 | Peter embarks on a Great Embassy to meet with the leaders of Europe and work as a simple carpenter in the ship building capitals of the world. | 12/22/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 31 - Peter Takes on the Turks | Peter, having partied for 5 years, is ready to take control of things and take the fight to the Turk backed Tatars in Azov. | 12/15/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 30 - Tsar Peter's All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters | Peter has shed himself of Sophia but yearns to be with the foreigners and party the night away. | 12/9/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 29 - Peter Takes Control | Sophia's time is up and Peter grabs for power. | 12/3/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - Muscovite Self-Criticism and the Western Influence | In the 17th century Moscow began to understand its limitation and why it needed to westernize. | 11/30/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - Muscovite Education | Were the Muscovites literate? Did they have an educational system? We answer these questions in today's short podcast. | 11/27/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - Muscovite Arts and Architecture | Muscovite art and architecture was a thing of beauty at the time of Peter the Great's rise to power. | 11/25/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 28 - Sophia and Golitsyn - Keeping the Throne Warm for Peter | Sophia, fresh from taking control of Russia through the use of the Streltsy relies on her love Vasili Golitsyn to run Russia. | 11/22/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - Muscovite Thought and Literature | From the book A History of Russia by Riasanovsky and Steinberg comes a description of Muscovite thought and literature. | 11/21/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - Muscovite Religion and the Schism | From A History of Russia by Riasanovsky and Steinberg, we recount the issue of religion and the schism in Muscovite Russia. | 11/15/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 27 - Peter Likes to Play War | Now in his early teens, Peter begins his life lessons, especially the lessons of war. Staying outside Moscow, he gains his love for the water and ships. | 11/11/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 26 - The Streltsy Revolt | Feodor dies leaving no direct heir but the Streltsy have in mind that their will be done. | 11/3/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 25 - Alexis I and Feodor III | Alexis I and Feodor III begin the slow Westernization of Russia through tumultuous times. | 10/28/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - The Food and Drink of 17th Century Russians | The writings of Adam Olearius give us an insight into the day to day lives of the Russian people in the 17th Century. | 10/21/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - The Cossacks | The Cossacks were a free living peoples who play a big role in Russian history due to their military service. | 10/15/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 24 - The Dawn of the Romanov Dynasty | The Time of Troubles is over but Russia needs a new Tsar. A sixteen year old boy, Michael Romanov is selected to lead the nation. | 10/13/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 23 - One Dmitri, Two Dmitri, Three Dmitri, More! | Boris Godunov becomes Tsar at the worst possible moment, the beginning of the Time of Troubles. False Dmitri's abound in this weeks podcast. | 10/7/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 22 - Feodor I and the ascension of Boris Godunov | Ivan the Terrible is dead replaced by his feeble minded son Feodor. Boris Godunov sits and waits for his turn at being Tsar. | 9/30/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 21 - Ivan IV - Oh My God, What Have I Done? | Ivan nearing the end of his life strikes out at his own son causing the eventual end of the Rurik line of rulers. | 9/23/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - The Oprichnina | What was the Oprichnina? Was it the musings of a madman or a brilliant measure to centralize power? | 9/17/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - The Not So Merry Wives of Ivan the Terrible | Ivan the Terrible was known for his cruelty but should have been equally known for his many wives, eight. | 9/11/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 19 - Ivan Becomes the Terrible | His wife dead, his mentors banished or murdered, Ivan begins his reign of terror, first aimed at the boyar class. Nothing was left ot hold Ivan back. | 9/9/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 18 - Ivan Grozny Unleashed | Ivan IV, fresh from the victory at Kazan, endures two tragic events in the coming years, the death of his son Dmitri and his wife Anastasia. | 9/2/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 17 - Ivan IV, The Youthful Warrior | Ivan, fresh off his wedding and coronation, sets off the rid himself of the Tartar menace in Kazan. | 8/25/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 16 - The Coronation and Marriage of Ivan IV | Ivan IV, now rid of his antagonists, gets ready to ascend to the throne and get married. Then crisis strikes the young Tsar. | 8/18/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 15 - Ivan IV, The Early Years, Part Two | Ivan, left to fend for himself is largely ignored by his supposed protectors. Traumatic events were to follow his youthfull years. | 8/11/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 14 - Ivan IV - The Early Years, Part One | Young Ivan IV, Grand Prince of Moscow, serves as a figurehead ruler with his mother as Regent. | 8/4/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 13 - Vasilli III and Why Moscow? | Vasilli III, son of Ivan the Great continues his fathers expansionist policies. We also answer the question why Moscow? | 7/22/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 12 - Ivan the Great, Part Three | The final episode of Ivan the Great's life discusses the many issues he dealt with towards the end of his reign. | 7/14/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 11 - Ivan the Great, Part Two | Ivan deals with both a new wife and the end of the dominance of the Golden Horde this week as well as finishing of pesky Tver. | 7/6/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 10 - Ivan the Great Part One | Ivan the Great, gatherer of Russian lands, defeats and brings into the fold the pesky city state of Novgorod. | 7/1/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - St. Sergius of Radonezh | In this short podcast, I discuss the life and enormous influence of St. Sergius of Radonezh. | 6/28/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 9 - Vasili I and Vasili the Blind | The son and grandson of Dmitri Donskoi lead Russia through difficult times, avoiding disaster but wearing the Muscovite populace down. | 6/24/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 8 - Dmitri Donskoi | Dmitri Donskoi, hero of the battle of Kulikovo Field was to shatter the myth of Mongol invincibility. | 6/18/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 7 - Ivan Moneybags, Simeon the Proud and Ivan the Meek | Ivan I or Moneybags, begins to consolidate power into has hands and into the city of Moscow. | 6/9/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 6 - The Rise of Moscow | Alexander Nevsky was dead and the Mongols were in control. A little town, of no consequence begins its rise through its leader Daniel, Nevsky's little boy. | 6/2/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 5 - Alexander Nevsky | Alexander Nevsky, the shining light in a sea of darkness, has his life and influence discussed in today's podcast. | 5/27/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSlap Shot Episode - The Appanage System | In a quick or slap shot of an episode, we delve into the appanage system of inheritance that helped rule Russia and ultimately made it vunerable. | 5/23/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 4 - Andrei Bogolyubski and the Arrival of the Mongols | Andrei Bogolyubski, fresh from his destruction of Kiev, sets the stage for autocratic rule in Russia. On the horizon though come the fearsome Mongols. | 5/18/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 3 - Yaroslav the Wise to the End of the Kievian Dominance | Yaroslav the Wise and Vladimir Monomahk reign kiev during its zenith which was to come to a swift and brutal end. | 5/12/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 2 - Vladimir the Great and Sviatopolk the Accursed | Vladimir the Great, the man who helped convert his nation to Christianity and Sviatopolk the Accursed who caused a civil war after Vladimir's death are discussed. | 5/6/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 1 - Who are the Russians? Rurik to Yarolpolk I | In this episode we discuss the peoples who inhabited the lands of early Russia and the early rulers of Kiev, from Rurik to Yarolpolk I. | 4/29/2010 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
A decent podcast with interesting ideas
By in large there are two types of History podcasts available on I-tunes, the unstructured talking about history kind (The Napolean Bonaparte podcast, for example) and the history as a story lecture style (The History of Rome, anything by Lars Brownworth). This is the only podcast in the latter catergory covering Russian history on I-Tunes that I'm aware of, so it gets pretty high marks for being unique. The concept of a "Slapshot" episode, a lagniappe of information on a topic unrelated to the flow of the overall story but crucial to understanding the events shaping the story, is likewise an innovation that I wish would be be adopted by more podcasts within the genre, so again, high marks for innovation.
Where the podcast suffers in in its presentation. Often it feels as if the presenter is attempting to get the entire podcast done in one take. Editing seems almost nonexistant and it sometimes feels as if the presentation could only be improved by more tightly scripting the narrative in advance, so I can't rate it as perfect. Nonetheless podcasting is by in large a hobby and not professional broadcasting, so these stylistic concerns should in no way interfere with a history buff's enjoyment of a fascinating story.
Excellent start but needs a some more practice on delivery
In the mold of Michael Duncan and Lars Brownworth as he breaks down the who what where and when very well. Makes Russian history very interesting. He'll be 5 stars soon he just needs to work on making the delivery a little more professional.
5 stars
I can"t wait for episode 3.
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