Russian Rulers History Podcast

Send us a textNicholas II under increasing pressure to abdicate, gives up the throne his family held for over 300 years. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textNicholas II celebrates a number of historical events while he gets his country ready to plunge into WWI.  If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textNicholas II steers Russian foreign policy towards war after changing the makeup of the Duma. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textTsar Nicholas II allows for a Duma to be formed after the Revolution of 1905. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textRussia plunges headlong into war with Japan and suffers a humiliating defeat. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textNicholas II, instead of relaxing the policies of his father Alexander III, tightens them alienating more and more of his subjects. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textNicholas II becomes Tsar reluctantly on the death of his father. Within years tragedy strikes at the celebration of his coronation at the Khodynka Field. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textAlexander III take control of Russia and undoes many of the reforms of his late, murdered father. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textAlexander II tries to reform Russia only to have multiple assassinations come his way. Eventually one was to succeed bringing his reign to an abrupt end. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textWith Nicholas I dead and the Crimean War going badly, Alexander II takes control and seeks to reform his Russia. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textSo how do I come up with all of my podcasts? This episode host Mark Schauss reviews the books he uses to research the subject of Russian History. Support the show

Send us a textNicholas I, keeps his reactionary position intact which causes Russia to lose the Crimean War, with the army suffering horrible losses. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textAlexander I dies and his brother Nicholas takes control but not without a bit of controversy. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textNapoleon is chased by Alexander I all the way to Paris. The Tsar then has a change in personality causing him to reverse many of his earlier reforms. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textMikhail Speransky was a brilliant man who saw how bad things truly were in Russia in the early 19th century. This short episode is a reading from a memorandum he wrote.Support the show

Send us a textNapoleon continues to menace the Russian border until he decides to invade in 1812. Things don't go as planned. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textAlexander I takes over for his murdered father Paul I. Napoleon is charging through Europe threatening Russia. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textSerfdom enslaved 90% of the Russian population which represented 54 million people by the time Alexander I took the throne. Support the show

Send us a textWith Catherine the Great dead, her son Paul I sought to reverse all that she had accomplished. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

Send us a textCatherine, now in her sixties takes her last breath ushering in the reign of her son, Paul I. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show