Russian Rulers History Podcast

Send us a textToday, we continue our story of what transpired when Russia became part of the Soviet Union. 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 textIn the years leading up to the formation of the USSR, Russia went through a period of transition. In this three-part series, we will talk about what that looked like, primarily for the common Russian citizen. 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 textToday's episode is part of a feed swap with Lindsay Graham's podcast History Daily. On February 10, 1962., at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union conduct a spy exchange. Learn more about this event. 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 textToday, we finish up our three-part series based on the March 30, 1943 issue of LIFE magazine and how they viewed the USSR and Joseph Stalin. 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 textToday, we continue talking about the March 29, 1943 issue of LIFE magazine and how the US looked at Joseph Stalin and the USSR. 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 textIn 1943, LIFE magazine published an entire issue on Joseph Stalin and the USSR, as they were allies in our war effort against Nazi Germany and hopefully, Japan. Today, we begin a three-part series on that March issue of LIFE. 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 textToday, we cover the celebration of Christmas and New Year's in Russia both today, and in the past. 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 textToday, we cover the life and extraordinary career of one of the world's and Russia's greatest playwrights, Anton Chekhov. 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 textToday, we being in 1906, the year after the first Russian Revolution, covering the children of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra. We end, tragically, with the murder of the entire royal family in 1918. 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 textToday, we start a new two-part series covering the children of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. We cover their births and the controversy surrounding the girls, and finally a boy, Alexei and the discovery of his genetic disease, hemophilia. 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 textToday, we finish up our two-part series, ending with the final Russo-Turkish War, also known as World War I. It would mark the end of the two empires, which had fought each other for centuries. 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 textToday, we begin a two-part series covering the 12 Russo-Turkish Wars that began in 1568 and ended in 1918. 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 textToday, we finish our three-part series on famous Russian and Soviet writers, with Maxim Gorky. 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 textToday, we discuss the life and times of the great Soviet writer and dissident, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The author of The Gulag Archipelago, went from being a loyal Soviet citizen to one of its harshest critics. Support the show

Send us a textToday, we begin our three-part series on some of the giants of Russian literature, Ivan Bunin, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Maxim Gorky. Listen to the tale of Russia's first winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Support the show

Send us a texttoday we end our series on the development of literature in Russia. Support the show

Send us a textToday, we trace the beginnings of Russian literature all the way to the great authors Dostoyevsky, Chekov and Tolstoy. Support the show

Send us a textToday, we will be talking about the epidemics and plagues that affected Russia throughout the centuries. Within this episode, we will draw a parallel between the COVID-19 outbreak and the Russian flu of 1889-1890. Were they the same? Listen and find out. 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 textToday, we discuss the life of one of Russia's greatest poets, Anna Akhmatova. Join us as we tell her life's story as well as sharing some of her incredible writings.Support the show

Send us a textToday, we recount the sad story of what happened to the Russian elite after the Russian Revolution and the Civil War. Support the show