Podcast Episodes

Episode 9 - And then there was one

Episode 9

This week's story starts with a bitter rivalry between 3 brothers which within 8 years would leave 2 of them dead.

And then in the second half of the episode we’ll look at how the remaining sibling be…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Episode 8 - A step too far

Episode 8

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 vesse…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Episode 7 - Go East young man!

Episode 7

We look at the life of Sviatoslav, the next man in charge of the Rus

starting  with his early years, his accession to power, his stance on religion and his first military campaigns and we'll ponder t…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Episode 6 - The Fool and The Saint

Episode 6

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 Dr…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Episode 5 - Oleg the Enigmatic

Episode 5

We start with a tour around some of the Rus' neighbours and then take a look at the mysterious figure of Oleg who is now in charge and is about to head south...

The podcast's web-site is historyofruss…

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago

Episode 4 - A thunderbolt from Heaven

Episode 4

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 th…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

Episode 3 - Our Land is vast and abundant

Episode 3

At last the chronological narrative begins and we’ll be investigating how and when and by whom, the first proto-russian political entity, of a sorts, was founded.

We’ll also look at the different chr…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

Episode 2 - Through the mists of time

Episode 2

This time around I’ll be looking at the historical background, covering a vast period that will start way, way back when the first known human habitation occurred in the area we now know as Russia.

An…

Published on 4 years, 8 months ago

Episode 1 - The Caged Bear

Episode 1

In the first of two scene setting episodes we are going to start off with a high-level look at the geography of Russia pointing out the main features which will hopefully serve as a useful backdrop f…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago

Introduction to The History of Russia Podcast

Hello and welcome to the History of Russia Podcast!

The aim of this fairly short introductory episode is to tell you all about the podcast, why I hope it’s worth listening to, the general direction an…

Published on 4 years, 9 months ago