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Episode 78 - Death, Madness and Banishment

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Episode 77 - Russia Attacks!

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Episode 76 - Perfidious Albion

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Episode 75 - An Ambassador calls

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Episode 74 - In other news....

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Episode 81 - The Empress is dead, long live the...

This time around we’ll be looking at the events that unfolded in the years 1761 and 1762 which, as the title suggests, sadly involves the end of the line for the Empress Elizabeth.
But, in an age when Russia had no clearly defined order of succession, much like today, no one was entirely sure what or who would happen next.
For one person though, the change of regime in St Petersburg would represent a long sought after miracle.
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Episode 80 - A Fresh Start

2 месяца назад

This time around we’ll be covering the years 1759 and 1760. Years in which the Grand Duchess Catherine and Frederick the Great will be taking stock of their own respective situations and enacting plans to safeguard their own respective futures.

Episode 78 - Death, Madness and Banishment

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Episode 78 - Death, Madness and Banishment

Просмотров 35 месяцев назад

This week we’ll be putting the seven years war to one side whilst we concentrate instead on events that took place in Russia during 1757 and 1758 which, in no particular order, include the reasons for, and the political and personal fallout from, that Russian withdrawal, Catherine and Stansislaus’s affair, the Empress Elizabeth’s health and Peter’s pro-Prussian leanings. Click on one of the lin...

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Episode 77 - Russia Attacks!

6 месяцев назад

It's 1757 and for the first time in a long time the Russian army gets to flex its muscles. Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the PodcastAd-free podcastsAt least one members only episode per monthGeneral release episodes at least 1 week earlierTrans...

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Episode 76 - Perfidious Albion

6 месяцев назад

In this episode we’ll be taking a closer look at the affair between Catherine and Poniatowsky and we’ll be checking in on yet another health scare. But as interesting as those subjects are, we'll be spending the majority of our time getting to grips with some new, major developments on the European diplomatic front - developments that would turn the old established order on its head and that wo...

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Episode 75 - An Ambassador calls

7 месяцев назад

This time around there are Just two main items on the agenda - The Empress Elizabeth’s ongoing, and so-far frustrated efforts, to secure the Romanov succession and the political machinations and intrigues that would eventually lead to the outbreak of the Seven Years War.Oh and finally and as indicated by the title there is someone from outside of Russia who gets to play quite an important and i...

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Episode 74 - In other news....

Просмотров 28 месяцев назад

This week, probably much to everyone's relief, we will be taking a break from the ceaseless round of court intrigue and instead we’ll be looking at what else was going on in Russia during the Elizabethan age. What else, apart from pilgrimages, cross-dressing balls, and controlling her dynasties destiny was Elizabeth up to and what was going on, away from St Petersburg and Moscow in the ever exp...

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Episode 73 - Treading Water

8 месяцев назад

This week, I'm afraid, it's more court based chicanery and Intrigue (hence the title). However to avoid just doing a rinse and repeat, I’m going to speed things up a bit and the aim will be to get from where we are now, which is 1748, right through to the year 1753 where we will start to see that both at home and abroad, things were beginning to take on a different shape... Click on one of the ...

Episode 72 - Controlled, Isolated and Miserable

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Episode 72 - Controlled, Isolated and Miserable

10 месяцев назад

This week we’ll be covering the years between 1745 and 1748 and looking at how Peter, Catherine and Elizabeth were all getting along through the events and outcomes related to yet another series of court intrigues and incidents Plus we'll invetigate the European diplomatic and political scene in the aftermath of the recent war and then finally we’ll be waving goodbye, or saying auf wiedersehen,...

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Episode 71 - Sophie becomes Catherine

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In this weeks episode we rejoin the main chronological narrative and take a look at the ups and downs of our key characters during 1744 and 1745..On the up were the Empress Elizabeth, Sophie of Anhalt Zerbst, Maria Theresa of Austria and Alexei BestuzhevSliding down were Johanna of Brunswick and Frederick the great And Peter Fyodorovich..... well he's got problems of his own. Click on one of th...

Episode 70 - State of Empire, State of Mind

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Episode 70 - State of Empire, State of Mind

11 месяцев назад

In this episode we take a step back from the goings on at the Russian court and the war of the Austrian Succession and instead take a peek at the overall state of the Russian Empire and the overall state of Eliazabeth’s mind. Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a s...

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Episode 69 - Peter and ... Sophie?

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It's January 1744 and Peter Fyodorovich the heir to the Russian throne and his aunt Elizabeth have got some German visitors to entertain and one of them is the almost 15 year old Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst. In the meantime Prussia and France are again plotting against Bestuzhev and the Austrian empress and Maria Theresa has her eyes on Silesia. Click on one of the links below to...

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Episode 4 - A thunderbolt from Heaven

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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 Novgorod And then we’ll take a look at the ‘discovery’ of a new Rus base and then finally we’ll check out what was going on in Novgorod and what Rurik was up to (and spoiler alert - it’s not a lot but there is one notable event).

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Episode 6 - The Fool and The Saint

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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 Drevlians and cover the growing importance of Kiev, the first glimpses of Christianity amongst the Rus, a new Alphabet appearing in the lands to the west, the obligatory raid or two on Constantinople...

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Episode 8 - A step too far

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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. If you want to subscribe/follow or get in touch - Website = www.historyofrussia.net Twitter = @HistoryRussia1 Mail = nordicworld@outlook.com