Russian Rulers History Podcast

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First we follow the Russian rulers from Rurik to Putin then take to recounting all aspects of Russian history.

Mark Schauss

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    • May 26, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Russian Expansion Under Ivan the Great

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 16:53


    Send us a textDuring Ivan III's reign, the Principality of Muscovy grew to become what we now know as the Russian Empire.Support the show

    Soviet Scientists

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 24:19


    Send us a textToday, we cover those scientists who served during the time of the Soviet Union.Support the show

    Russian Scientists

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 22:50


    Send us a textToday, we cover the fascinating lives and accomplishments of 13 Russian scientistsSupport the show

    Russian Colonialism and Imperialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 24:28


    Send us a textDespite Russia claiming that their country never played the colonialism and imperialism game that the west played, they are not telling the truth. Russia and the Soviet Union, had a long history taking over countries, lands, and peoples, for their own benefitSupport the show

    Raskol - The Schism within the Russian Orthodox Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 22:53


    Send us a textToday, we cover the only major schism in Russian Orthodox history, known as the Raskol. Occurring in the mid-17th century, the reforms of Patriarch Nikon, led to the schism that would pit one side, the central church, against those known as the Old Believers, millions who exist to this day.Support the show

    In the Case of the Anti-Soviet Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites - Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 24:16


    Send us a textToday, we wrap up the series on the final Moscow Show Trial in which 21 men would lose their lives in a trial short on reality and long on self admission of quilt.Support the show

    In the Case of the Anti-Soviet Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 23:18


    Send us a textToday, we cover the third Moscow Show Trial based on the actual transcript, translated into English.Support the show

    The History of Kyiv

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 23:42


    Send us a textToday, we finish our three part series on some of the most important cities of Russia with the history of the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv.Support the show

    The History of St. Petersburg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 24:06


    Send us a textToday, we cover the history of Russia's one-time capital, St. Petersburg. Founded by Peter the Great in 1703, it became Russia's first truly European city. Support the show

    The History of Moscow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 23:49


    Send us a textToday's episode takes us on a journey through the history of Russia's capital, Moscow.Support the show

    The Patriarchs and Metropolitans of the Russian Orthodox Church - Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 23:03


    Send us a textToday, we wrap up the series on the heads of the Russian Orthodox Church. Support the show

    The Patriarchs and the Metropolitans of the Russian Orthodox Church - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 23:16


    Send us a textToday, we begin a two-part series of the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church, beginning in the early 14th century.Support the show

    The History of the Cossacks - Part Three

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 24:25


    Send us a textToday, we wrap up our history of the Cossacks, flowing them from the time of Catherine the Great, the Napoleonic Invasion, and though their tough times under the Bolsheviks. Support the show

    The History of the Cossacks - Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 23:34


    Send us a textToday, we continue on our journey into the history of the Cossacks, focusing mostly on those from the Don River basin. Support the show

    The Cossacks - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 23:15


    Send us a textToday, we start a new, 3-part series on the history of the Cossacks. The legendary bands of free men, helped influence the Russian experience to this day.Support the show

    Sergei Witte

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 23:46


    Send us a textSergei Witte was the first Prime Minister of Russia that wasn't the Tsar. Try as he could, he was unable to convince Nicholas II to reform the country and create a constitutional monarchy.Support the show

    The Great Purge - Part Three

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 26:13


    Send us a textToday, we wrap up the tragic story of the Great Purge which costs millions of lives and adversely affected Russians to this day.Support the show

    The Great Purge - Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 24:23


    Send us a textToday, we cover those unfortunate individuals who were caught up in the Purge despite having nothing to do with the charges put up against them.Support the show

    The Great Purge - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 25:15


    Send us a textToday, we begin a three-part series on the Great Purge of 1937-1939, where over one million people lost their lives. Support the Show.

    An Interview with Professor Marlene Laruelle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 29:29


    Send us a Text Message.Today's episode with Professor Laruelle will cover a number of topics including an overview of Russian history and the ebb and flow of Russian reforms and autocracy and how it relates to the rest of the world. You can find out more about her books at http://marlene-laruelle.com/Support the Show.

    The Battle of Borodin

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 23:11 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.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 the most important conflicts in world history.Support the Show.

    A Life Under Russian Serfdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 24:38 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.Today, we cover the miserable conditions that Russian serfs lived in. In particular, we will share quotes from the memoirs of one of the serfs, Savva Dmitrievich Purlevsky, who live in Russia between 1800 and 1868.History Nerds UnitedLet's make history fun again! Come listen to interviews with today's best authors.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.

    Princess Ekaterina Dashkova - Part Three

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 23:40 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.Today, we wrap up the series of this remarkable woman. From meeting Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, and Denis Diderot, Dashkova would become the first woman to lead a major science academy. Support the Show.

    Princess Ekaterina Dashkova - Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 23:12 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.Today, we continue the story of this remarkable person. Dashkova, as she writes in her memoirs, believed herself to be in the middle of the coup to remove Peter III and replace him with the future Catherine the Great.Support the Show.

    Princess Ekaterina Dashkova - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 24:28 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.Today, we begin the series into one of the most fascinating women in world and Russian history, Princess Ekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova Dashkova. She would become friends with Catherine The Great, Voltaire, and even Benjamin Franklin.Support the Show.

    Lenin - Who Was He Really?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 24:49 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.Who was Vladimir Ulyanov Lenin? How did he become the man who would help overthrow the Romanovs and begin the Bolshevik control of Russia and its neighboring countries?Support the Show.

    The Great Game - Part Three

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 24:55


    Send us a Text Message.Today, we wrap up the Great Game of tensions between the British and Russian Empires in Central Asia. Support the Show.

    The Great Game - Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 25:18 Transcription Available


    Send us a Text Message.Today, we talk about the quagmire that the British stepped into when they invaded Afghanistan to begin the First Anglo-Afghan War and the role it played in the Great Game.31: The Why Behind the WeirdDive into strange but lesser-known true stories from our mysterious world with...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.

    The Great Game - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 23:09 Transcription Available


    Today, we begin a new series on the Great Game (also known as Bolshaya Igra), a jockeying of position between the two great empires of the 19th century, Russia and Great BritainSupport the show

    An Interview with Professor Simon Miles - Author of Engaging the Evil Empire: Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 29:47


    Today's special episode is an interview with Professor Simon Miles, Author of Engaging the Evil Empire: Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War. To purchase his book, and learn more about this fascinating topic, go to https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501776069/engaging-the-evil-empire/#bookTabs=1Support the show

    The Kremlin

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 23:15


    Today, we discuss the history of one of Russia's most famous architectural achievements, The Kremlin.Support the show

    The Russian Revolution - A People's Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 23:37 Transcription Available


    Today, we finish our three-part series on the traumatic events of the end of the Tsarist regime with the people's perspective of the Russian Revolution.Support the show

    Alexei Navalny - Life, Hope, and Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 16:10 Transcription Available


    Alexei Navalny's recent passing has placed focus on the corruption of the Russian government and its persecution of its enemies. Today, we recount the all too brief life and death of Alexei Navalny.Support the show

    An Interview with Maya Vinokour Author of Work Flows: Stalinist Liquids in Russian Labor Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 30:35


    Today, we talk with Professor Maya Vinokour, author of the new book, Work Flows: Stalinist Liquids in Russian Labor Culture. You can find the book here - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501773679/work-flows/#bookTabs=1Support the show

    The Crimean War - A People's Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2024 25:23 Transcription Available


    Today, we continue our three-part series on the people's perspective of three monumental events in Russian history, this time about the Crimean War.Support the show

    The Russian Civil War - A People's Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2024 24:00


    Today, we look at the Russian Civil War from a people's perspective. We avoid talking about the battles and the political events, concentrating more on how the people survived, and sometimes didn't. Support the show

    An Interview With Rolf Hellebust Author of How Russian Literature Became Great

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2024 18:53


    Today, we share an Interview with Rolf Hellebust, author of How Russian Literature Became Great, available from Cornell University Press. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501773419/how-russian-literature-became-great/#bookTabs=1Support the show

    The Soviet - Afghan War

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 24:29


    Today, we will cover the 9 year war between the Soviet Union and Afghani rebels. The losses suffered by the Soviets would be a spark that would cause the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Support the show

    Interview with Valeria Sobol author of Haunted Empire: Gothic and the Russian Imperial Uncanny

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 33:41


    Today, we have an interview with Valeria Sobol professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, author of the book, Haunted Empire: Gothic and the Russian Imperial Uncanny. You can find her book here -  https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501770104/haunted-empire/#bookTabs=1Support the show

    Russian and Soviet Cuisine - Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 25:05


    Today, we finish our series about the foods and drinks from Russia. Support the show

    Russian and Soviet Cuisine - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 27:59 Transcription Available


    Today, we start a two-part series about the incredible cuisines of Russia and the Soviet Union. Support the show

    The Volga - Part Three

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2023 25:04


    Today, we wrap up our series as we cover the continuing relationship between Russia and the Soviet Union with the great Volga River. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

    The Volga - Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 23:25


    Today, we continue our journey through the history of the Volga River and its historical relationship with 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

    An Interview with Professor Paul Robinson Author of Russian Liberalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2023 29:32


    This is an interview I did with Professor Paul Robinson, author of the important work, Russian Liberalism. You can purchase a copy of his book through this website -  https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501772177/russian-liberalism/Support the show

    The Volga - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023 24:14 Transcription Available


    Today, we begin a three-part series on the history of the Volga River, the longest in Europe, and its relationship to 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

    Sports in the Soviet Union

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 26:15


    Today, we cover the impact of sports in the Soviet Union. Also, I am adding a tribute to one of the inspirations for this podcast, my daughter, Anastasya Schauss, who passed away on September 23, at the age of 27.Support the show

    Russian Conflicts After 1991 - Part Two - 9/17/23, 12.55 PM

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2023 24:03 Transcription Available


    Today, we end our two-part series on the numerous conflicts that Russia has participated after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.Support the show

    Russian Conflicts After 1991 - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 25:24 Transcription Available


    Today, we begin a two-part series to discuss the conflicts that have plagued Russia and its neighbors after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

    Turning Points in Russian and Soviet History - Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2023 27:57 Transcription Available


    Today, we finish our two-part series on the major turning points in both Russian and Soviet history. f you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show

    Turning Points in Russian History - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 23:25 Transcription Available


    Today, we begin a two-part series relating to the turning points in Russian history.Support the show

    The Historical Relationship Between Russia and China

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2023 25:55 Transcription Available


    Today, we discuss the long relationship between Russia, the Soviet Union, and China throughout the past four hundred 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

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