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Back to Search92. Killing Rasputin
Season 4 Episode 21
Born in Siberia to a peasant family, Rasputin was an incredibly charismatic, physically striking, and politically savvy figure. He was a holy man, a …
2 years, 2 months ago
91. Lenin and The Rise of the Bolsheviks
Season 4 Episode 20
The Tsar has abdicated and the provisional government rules Russia, but Petrograd is overflowing with revolutionaries who want more radical change. L…
2 years, 2 months ago
90. The Russian Revolution: Overthrowing the Tsar
Season 4 Episode 19
Russian politics is fast destabilising. Strikes, assassinations, and famines have made Russia increasingly turbulent at the turn of the century. Revo…
2 years, 3 months ago
89. The Final Act of the Great Game
Season 4 Episode 18
Fearing Russian designs on the region, the eyes of the British turn towards Tibet. Francis Younghusband, the Victorian adventurer and elite player of…
2 years, 3 months ago
88. The Russo-Japanese War: Asia Strikes Back
Season 4 Episode 17
1905 was one of the most pivotal moments in history. Japan, the supposedly weaker Asian power, overwhelmingly defeated the mighty Russian Empire. The…
2 years, 3 months ago
87. Tolstoy: War and the Russian Empire
Season 4 Episode 16
Tolstoy was one of the greatest writers of all time. His books have constructed how we think about Russian imperial history. But he was not just an o…
2 years, 3 months ago
86. Crushing the Khans: Russia Seizes the Centre of the World
Season 4 Episode 15
As the other European empires were consolidating their holdings in Asia, Russia took 1.5million square miles of territory. Moving south from the Oren…
2 years, 3 months ago
85. The Russian Conquest of America
Season 4 Episode 14
In the 18th century Vitus Bering went from Russia's east coast and landed in America. Over the next 150 years, Russia colonised more and more land, f…
2 years, 3 months ago
84. A Tale of Two Nurses: Seacole & Nightingale
Season 4 Episode 13
The Lady with the Lamp, the great nurse who forever changed public health for the better: Florence Nightingale lives large in the national consciousn…
2 years, 3 months ago
83. The Charge of the Light Brigade
Season 4 Episode 12
The Crimean War continues to drag on. The allies' siege of Sevastopol is grinding to a stalemate. The Russians seek to counterattack to tip the balan…
2 years, 3 months ago