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The Great Purge - Part One
Episode 310
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Today, we begin a three-part series on the Great Purge of 1937-1939, where over one million people lost their lives.
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1 year, 6 months ago
An Interview with Professor Marlene Laruelle
Episode 309
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Today's episode with Professor Laruelle will cover a number of topics including an overview of Russian history and the ebb and flow of Rus…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Battle of Borodino
Episode 308
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Today, we cover the story of the Battle of Borodino, the battle that would turn the tide against the French and Napoleon. It was one of th…
1 year, 7 months ago
A Life Under Russian Serfdom
Episode 307
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Today, we cover the miserable conditions that Russian serfs lived in. In particular, we will share quotes from the memoirs of one of the s…
1 year, 7 months ago
Princess Ekaterina Dashkova - Part Three
Episode 306
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Today, we wrap up the series of this remarkable woman. From meeting Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, and Denis Diderot, Dashkova would become …
1 year, 8 months ago
Princess Ekaterina Dashkova - Part Two
Episode 305
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Today, we continue the story of this remarkable person. Dashkova, as she writes in her memoirs, believed herself to be in the middle of th…
1 year, 8 months ago
Princess Ekaterina Dashkova - Part One
Episode 304
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Today, we begin the series into one of the most fascinating women in world and Russian history, Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova Da…
1 year, 8 months ago
Lenin - Who Was He Really?
Episode 303
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Who was Vladimir Ulyanov Lenin? How did he become the man who would help overthrow the Romanovs and begin the Bolshevik control of Russia …
1 year, 9 months ago
The Great Game - Part Three
Episode 302
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Today, we wrap up the Great Game of tensions between the British and Russian Empires in Central Asia.
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1 year, 9 months ago
The Great Game - Part Two
Episode 301
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Today, we talk about the quagmire that the British stepped into when they invaded Afghanistan to begin the First Anglo-Afghan War and the …
1 year, 10 months ago