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A longer than usual episode which provides an overall look at the world in 1762 - just at the point when Catherine was starting her reign in Russia.

Britannia ruled the waves (or was starting to) and the age of enlightenment and the trans-atlantic slave trade were approaching their respective zeniths.

The agrarian and industrial revolutions were just getting underway, and Augustus III of Poland-Lithuania and Saxony had the largest collection of hats and wigs in Europe.

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Whilst the new regime is finalising it's coup, over at Oranienbaum, a blissfully ignorant Peter has just drilled his Holstein guards and is now on his way to Peterhof to celebrate his name day.

But when he get's there, Catherine is of course, nowhere to be seen .

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This time around we’ll be looking at the latest events in the Seven Years War, Peter’s Danish campaign, how becoming Tsar had affected his relationship with his wife Catherine and finally, and as the episode title in a fairly unsubtle way hints at, what Catherine and her allies decided to do about things.

Apologies for the poor pronunciation throughout - there were just too many Schleswigs, Shlisselburgs and Oranienbaums for me to cope with....

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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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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.

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It's Spring 1758 and Grand Duchess Catherine is attempting to extricate herself from yet another difficult situation.

Meanwhile, over in Prussia, Frederick the Great, despite having just won major battles against the French and the Austrians, is trying to work out how to deal with the enemies that still surround him in every direction.

One of them will get out of their hole, the other will keep on digging.

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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.

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It's 1757 and for the first time in a long time the Russian army gets to flex its muscles.

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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 would come as a nasty surprise for two key individuals. 

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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 intriguing role in our proceedings.

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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 expanding and increasingly vast Russian Empire?

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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...

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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, to a couple of characters from the supporting cast.

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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 Bestuzhev

Sliding down were Johanna of Brunswick and Frederick the great 

And Peter Fyodorovich..... well he's got problems of his own.

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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.

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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, Maria Theresa, has her eyes on Silesia.

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This weeks episode is centered around the eponymous Lopukhina Conspiracy but who is doing the conspiring and who is being conspired against?

Plus events in Sweden are brought to a head, George II, the King of England gets involved in the war of the Austrian Succession, things take a downward turn for the Brunswicks and the Empress Elizabeth goes ballistic when she sees someone wearing pink!

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Elizabeth has been busy putting her house in order which means that I have a number of loose ends to tie up. 

Plus we get to meet a distant relative and we'll also see what's been going on with the Austrians, French and Prussians.

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Elizabeth Petrovna is the new empress of Russia. However, she's busy getting her house in order and there is a coronation to plan.

So whilst she's off doing that, we'll undertake a quick retrospective of Anna Ivanovna's reign and then we'll take a look at the causes, and the initial events, of the War of the Austrian Succession.

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Today in a slightly longer episode than normal we’ll be covering the period between October 1740 and December 1741 which is 15 months and not a year but I think you’ll agree that ‘The 15 months of living dangerously’ doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.

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In this episode, we’ll be concentrating on further events centred around the Russian court in St Petersburg, which taken as a whole, and as per the deliberately mysterious and enigmatic episode title, may or may not point to the beginning of the end for the Miloslavsky branch of the Romanov dynasty.

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Diplomacy with with the Persians, war with the Ottomans, an outbreak of Bubonic Plague and reform on the home front - plus I pronounce 'L'Hermitage' in a really strange way...

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After a couple of decades of peace most of Europe get's back to a more normal state of affairs with The War of the Polish Succession.

Meanwhile back in Moscow, Anna had her own succesion decision to make and Elizabeth Petrovna needed to be careful.

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A look at Anna's early life, her first three years in charge of Russia and what went on at court - allegedly.....

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The Supreme Privy Council finds itself in charge of Russia's fate - but will it's scheming be successful?

Oh, and someone catches Smallpox...

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The Prince takes the 11 year old Peter II under his wing (or thinks that he does)

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This week we’ll be taking a closer look at the Supreme Privy council, Plus we’ll get to see how Russia and Great Britain almost came to blows and how Menshikov managed to get his daughter engaged to a member of the established imperial family.

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List of books that I use (or have used) for the podcast

Chronicle of the Russian Tsars - David Warnes  (A good high-level history)

The Gates of Europe - Serhii Plokhy (Ukrainian History)

Russia, A history - Gregory L Freeze

Russia and the Russians - Geoffrey Hosking

Russia - Martin Sixsmith (Another High-level history)

The Cambridge History of Russia, Volume 1 - From the Early Rus to 1689) (Very detailed but a bit on the heavy side)

Peter the Great - Robert Massie

Catherine the Great - Robert Massie 

The Romanovs - Simon Sebag Montefiore

The Longman companion to Imperial Russia 1689 - 1917 - David Longley  - full of facts, some of which the other books just don’t include but more of a reference guide

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Catherine I becomes Autocrat and Russia's first Empress

But is she the one in charge?

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If you haven't already guessed, this week's episode is all about the Cossacks and the Tatars.....

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This week it’s state of the nation time again but with a twist because instead of just looking at Russia we’ll be covering what was going on with Russia’s neighbours, then Europe and finally, the rest of the world in the year 1725

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This week we cover Peter the Great's reputation and legacy and take a look at who's in the frame to become the next ruler of Russia

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This week we analyse the death of Alexei Petrovich, take a checkpoint of Russia in 1721, look at events between 1721 and 1725 and then finally cover Peter's declining health....

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This week we look at the creation of a new city and how Peter got along with his son and heir, Alexei.

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We reach the defining phase of the Great Northern War, cover the severe winter of 1708/09, and take a look at Peter's new brains trust.

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Denmark, Poland/Saxony and Russia want to crush Sweden. Charles XII, the Swedish King, has other ideas.....

Period covered - 1701 to 1706

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Peter's back in Moscow and change is in the air...

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Tsar Peter goes to Europe on a shipbuilding/diplomacy/drinking trip

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This week we cover Peter's overall aims and ambitions, take a further look at the all Joking all Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters, and see how Russia fares against the Ottomans during the Azov campaign.

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This week's episode sees the start of a multi-part series all about the life and times of Peter the Great.

Part 1 takes a look at  Peter's early years and covers the period between 1672 and 1696

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A birds-eye view of Russia and the world in 1689 plus listener questions answered. (hopefully...)

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Sophia and Golitsyn are in charge but Peter is starting to flex his muscles... 

Period Covered: 1682 - 1689

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The Miloslavskys strike back!

Period Covered: 1682

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Tsar Alexei is dead, long live Tsar Fyodor - except..... he's ill, Russia is fighting the Ottomans and the Romanovs are divided.

Period Covered 1676 - 1682

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This week we take a look at how Russian Society was organised in the late 17th Century and in particular, how the institution of serfdom had developed.

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This week we look at the various wars Tsar Alexei was invoved in and then finish off the episode by summing up his life and reign.

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Russia's version of Henry II vs Thomas Becket...

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This week we summarise and conclude Tsar Mikhail's time in charge and take a first look at his son and heir, Aleksei.

Period Covered; 1645 - 1649 

'Hi Everyone' in Polish = cześć wszystkim

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This week we take a look at the entwined history of Russia and Ukraine (and a tiny bit of Belarus) and then I take a stab at predicting what's likely to happen next...

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This week we cover some background to recent events in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden, and then take a look at the remainder of Tsar Mikhail Romanov's (and Filaret's) time in charge of Russia.

Period Covered 1619 -1645

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The time of troubles is over and there's a new Tsar and a new dynasty

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The madness continues but there is just a chink of light at the end of the tunnel...

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About 400 years ago, at the beginning of the 17th Century, it was Russia that was on the back foot.....

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In a break from the main narrative we take a look at the new power to Russia’s south, the fascinating and mysterious Ottoman empire.

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This week we look at Ivan the Terrible's final years as Tsar,  summarise his achievements, failures and legacy (and see what a couple of other Russian leaders, J.Stalin, and V.Putin thought of him) and then we'll finish off by covering the comparatively short reign of the last Rurikid Tsar, Ivan’s son, Feodor the first.

Period Covered    1572 - 1598

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This week we look at the middle part of Ivan the Terrible's reign which starts well but then, for various reasons, goes rapidly downhill.

Period covered: circa 1550 - 1571 

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We start the new year by looking at the overall European political/ geopolitical landscape in the early 16th century and then get stuck into the initial part of Ivan IV’s (AKA Ivan the Terrible's) time in charge of Moscow/Russia

Period covered 1533 - 1550 ish

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We reflect on the past 500 years of the Rus state, look at the impacts of the Mongol Invasion/Occupation and cover the reign of, Ivan the Great's son, Vasili III, who after 20 years of marriage, still doesn't have an heir....

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This week we’ll be covering the second part of Ivan III’s 43 year reign and seeing how things developed in a Moscow finally free of it’s Mongol shackles and with things surprisingly quiet on its western borders, or at least for the time being they were...

Period Covered 1480 to 1505

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Byzantium collapses, the Golden Horde disintegrates, Novgorod falls and Moscow embarks on a 25 year long Civil War.

Period Covered  1425 - 1480

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This week we’ll be looking at the key regional players, Moscow of course, Lithuania, the Golden Horde, Novgorod plus a new one that comes to the party, Poland, and how all of them were impacted, either directly or indirectly, by the actions of the last great nomadic conqueror to emerge from Eurasian Steppe, Tamerlane.

Period Covered  1389 - 1425

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Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy wins battles against the Mongols and the Lithuanians but do these victories prove to be a turning point?

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Ivan Kalita's son Simeon the Proud (or not so proud) pits his wits against Novgorod, Lithuania and a devastating pandemic.

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This week we’ll start by doing a mini ‘state of the nation’ and then we’ll be looking at the decline of Vladimir and the Rise of Moscow which covers the period from 1263 to 1340.

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This week we tie up some Mongolian loose ends, take a look at the Novgorod Republic and finally get to meet one of Russia's greatest heroes, Alexander Nevsky.

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This week we look at how the Rus were initially impacted by the Mongol Occupation, take in the Mongol advance into Eastern Europe and check out what was going on in Vladimir.

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Why did the Rus lose to the Mongols at the Kalka River?

What lessons did they learn and what did the Mongols do next? 

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In this episode we’ll look at what happened to the Mongol army that had just crossed the Cacasus mountains, check in with Ogadei, Genghis Khan’s son and successor, cover what was going on over in the lands of the Rus and then finally bring everything together at the battle of the Kalka River in 1223.

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This week we cover the further adventures of Temujin, who unites the Mongols, becomes Genghis Khan, conquers all of the neighbouring territories and then sends an expedition across the Caucasus mountains.

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This week we look at whether the Cumans were a major factor in the decline of Kiev, investigate what was going on in the city of Vladimir (the new Rus HQ) and check out the early years of a Mongolian lad named Temujin.

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This week we are back with the main story and looking at the fragmentation of Kievan Rus and the effective demise of Kiev.

But after that, who gets to be in charge of the Rus?

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In another short break from the chronological narrative we spend some time in the company of the Varangian Guard who were the elite bodyguards of the Byzantine emperors and who had strong connections to both the Rus and the Anglo Saxons.

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Summer has ended and it's Autumn in Kiev (and Constantinople). Will we see an Indian Summer or will November's gloom descend upon the Rus?

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The sons of Yaroslav the Wise try ruling together - with mixed results

We also see the beginnings of Kievan fragmentation due to something called the ’appenage system’ and the appearance of a new troublesome people from the east called the Cumans.

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Was Sviatopolk really accursed, was Yaroslav really wise and is this really the beginning of the Golden age of the Kievan Rus? 

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In the first 'Checkpoint' episode we pause the narrative and take a look at what kind of state Kievan Rus was circa 1015, how it had developed to get to that point and how it compared to the Viking territories in Western Europe. 

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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 became one of the most notable grand princes of Kievan Rus.

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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.

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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 the question -  Immature thug or  brilliant, long term miltary strategist?

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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 and a couple of secret weapons.

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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...

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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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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 chronicles and sources that track the history of the period, spend a bit of time looking at their background and then look at some of the issues these sources present and try to piece together what probably happened.

And finally we'll do a whistle stop tour around Europe and Asia  and see what’s going on in the year 860.

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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.

And along the way we’ll meet Neanderthals, Denisovans, Proto Indo-Europeans, Kurgans, Scythians and Slavs 

I’ll end-up some 1.5 to 2 million years later just prior to the birth of the first political entity or state that was considered to be proto Russian.

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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 for future episodes.

I'll also put a couple of maps up on the website - https://www.historyofrussia.net

And then we’ll cover how, in the past (and still today), the geography of Russia has shaped the country’s history, politics, ambitions and fears.

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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 and scope, and when episodes will be released. 

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