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

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

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

Send us a text Today, 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

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

Send us a text Today, 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

Send us a text Sergei 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

Send us a text Today, 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

Send us a text Today, 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

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

Send us a text 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

Send us a text 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

Send us a text 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. Support the show

Send us a text 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

Send us a text 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

Send us a text 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

Send us a text 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

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

Send us a text 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. Support the show

Send us a text 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 Britain Support the show