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The History of Russia Podcast

The History of Russia Podcast

Damon Boar
Education

A podcast exploring everything related to the History of Russia

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  • 89 - Episode 86 - Zero Sum

    So in today’s episode we’ll be taking another break from the chronological narrative and looking instead at mainly, the last three decades and a bit, at what went on in Russia from a commercial and business perspective.


    And to help us through this tumultuous and fascinating period of more recent Russian History we have someone who has spent four decades travelling and working in the Soviet Union and Russia, who speaks fluent Russian, who holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania and who, luckily for us, just happens to have written a book.


    Zero sum - which brings vividly to life, via meticulous research and through the fascinating and sometimes tragicomic experiences of the people who were there at the time, Russia’s transformation from Soviet dinosaur through proto-capitalist free for all to today’s, difficult to pigeon hole economic situation and how we in the west just never seem, commercially, culturally  or geopolitically, to get it right with Russia.  

    Yes today dear listeners we are joined by author, journalist, geopolitical risk consultant and self-professed Russia geek, Charles Hecker 


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    Mon, 02 Dec 2024 - 1h 13min
  • 88 - Episode 85 - ‘Colicgate’

    In this week’s episode ware going to look at four main items


    A short appraisal of Peter’s reign, a longer appraisal of Elizabeth’s time in charge, a look at the recent coup’s winners and losers and then finally, how Catherine and her advisors (well actually, one advisor) explained away the death of her husband.


    Oh and there's a heartfealt apology from me regarding a mistake I made last time out....



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    Sun, 10 Nov 2024 - 22min
  • 87 - Episode 84 - State of the Nations (5) 1762

    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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    Fri, 25 Oct 2024 - 38min
  • 86 - Episode 83 - Death in the afternoon

    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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    Fri, 18 Oct 2024 - 26min
  • 85 - Episode 82 - The New Empress of all the Russias - almost.....

    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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    Mon, 23 Sep 2024 - 22min
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