Russian Rulers History Podcast

Send us a textToday, we being in 1906, the year after the first Russian Revolution, covering the children of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra. We end, tragically, with the murder of the entire royal family in 1918. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, we start a new two-part series covering the children of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. We cover their births and the controversy surrounding the girls, and finally a boy, Alexei and the discovery of his genetic disease, hemophilia. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, we finish up our two-part series, ending with the final Russo-Turkish War, also known as World War I. It would mark the end of the two empires, which had fought each other for centuries. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, we begin a two-part series covering the 12 Russo-Turkish Wars that began in 1568 and ended in 1918. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, we finish our three-part series on famous Russian and Soviet writers, with Maxim Gorky. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, we discuss the life and times of the great Soviet writer and dissident, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The author of The Gulag Archipelago, went from being a loyal Soviet citizen to one of its harshest critics. Support the show

Send us a textToday, we begin our three-part series on some of the giants of Russian literature, Ivan Bunin, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Maxim Gorky. Listen to the tale of Russia's first winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Support the show

Send us a texttoday we end our series on the development of literature in Russia. Support the show

Send us a textToday, we trace the beginnings of Russian literature all the way to the great authors Dostoyevsky, Chekov and Tolstoy. Support the show

Send us a textToday, we will be talking about the epidemics and plagues that affected Russia throughout the centuries. Within this episode, we will draw a parallel between the COVID-19 outbreak and the Russian flu of 1889-1890. Were they the same? Listen and find out. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, we discuss the life of one of Russia's greatest poets, Anna Akhmatova. Join us as we tell her life's story as well as sharing some of her incredible writings.Support the show

Send us a textToday, we recount the sad story of what happened to the Russian elite after the Russian Revolution and the Civil War. Support the show

Send us a textToday, we discuss what happened to the Russian Elite after the Russian Revolution. In particular, we will tell you about what happened to those who left the country. Next episode, we will talk about those sad souls who stayed. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, I discuss the life and times of Catherine the Great with William Clark, host of the Grey History podcast. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, we wrap up our series of the year 1917. The Provisional Government goes out with a whimper, and the Bolsheviks walk in, and take control. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textWe begin in May and end with the arrest of General Lavr Kornilov and the freeing of the Bolsheviks from jail in August of the tumultuous year of 1917. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textNicholas II has abdicated, yet there is no clear cut leader of Russia. Find out how things begin to shake out in this new Russia landscape. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, we concentrate on the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the days leading up to this momentous event. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, we start a five-part series on the most tumultuous year in Russian history, 1917. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textToday, we cover the cities of Chirnihiv, Rostov, Halych, Kolmna, Turov, Peryslav, Polotsk, Uglich, and Moscow. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show