It's 1757 and for the first time in a long time the Russian army gets to flex its muscles. Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. Or follow the link below' https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify  Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' or follow the link below https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we’ll be taking a closer look at the affair between Catherine and Poniatowsky and we’ll be checking in on yet another health scare.  But as interesting as those subjects are, we'll be spending the majority of our time getting to grips with some new, major developments on the European diplomatic front - developments that would turn the old established order on its head and that would come as a nasty surprise for two key individuals.  Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify  Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time around there are Just two main items on the agenda  - The Empress Elizabeth’s ongoing, and so-far frustrated efforts, to secure the Romanov succession and the political machinations and intrigues that would eventually lead to the outbreak of the Seven Years War. Oh and finally and as indicated by the title there is someone from outside of Russia who gets to play quite an important and intriguing role in our proceedings. Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/ and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to  https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify  Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, probably much to everyone's relief, we will be taking a break from the ceaseless round of court intrigue and instead we’ll be looking at what else was going on in Russia during the Elizabethan age. What else, apart from pilgrimages, cross-dressing balls, and controlling her dynasties destiny was Elizabeth up to and what was going on, away from St Petersburg and Moscow in the ever expanding and increasingly vast Russian Empire? Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/ and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to  https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify  Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, I'm afraid, it's more court based chicanery and Intrigue (hence the title). However to avoid just doing a rinse and repeat, I’m going to speed things up a bit and the aim will be to get from where we are now, which is 1748, right through to the year 1753 where we will start to see that both at home and abroad, things were beginning to take on a different shape... Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/ and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to  https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify  Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we’ll be covering the years between 1745 and 1748 and looking at how Peter, Catherine and Elizabeth were all getting along through the events and outcomes related to yet another series of court intrigues and incidents  Plus we'll invetigate  the European diplomatic and political scene in the aftermath of the recent war and then finally we’ll be waving goodbye, or saying auf wiedersehen, to a couple of characters from the supporting cast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this weeks episode we rejoin the main chronological narrative and take a look at the ups and downs of our key characters during  1744 and 1745.. On the up were the Empress Elizabeth, Sophie of Anhalt Zerbst, Maria Theresa of Austria and Alexei Bestuzhev Sliding down were Johanna of Brunswick and Frederick the great  And Peter Fyodorovich..... well he's got problems of his own. Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts - (ads may come in on the free feed at some point in the future but never for subscription members) At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier than normal  Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/ and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to  https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify  Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we take a step back from the goings on at the Russian court and the war of the Austrian Succession and instead take a peek at the overall state of the Russian Empire and the overall state of Eliazabeth’s mind. Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts - (ads may come in on the free feed at some point in the future but never for subscription members) At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier than normal  Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/ and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to  https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify  Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's January 1744 and Peter Fyodorovich the heir to the Russian throne and his aunt Elizabeth have got some German visitors to entertain and one of them is the almost 15 year old Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst. In the meantime Prussia and France are again plotting against Bestuzhev and the Austrian empress, Maria Theresa, has her eyes on Silesia. Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts - (ads may come in on the free feed at some point in the future but never for subscription members) At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier than normal  Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/ and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to  https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify  Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weeks episode is centered around the eponymous Lopukhina Conspiracy but who is doing the conspiring and who is being conspired against? Plus events in Sweden are brought to a head, George II, the King of England gets involved in the war of the Austrian Succession, things take a downward turn for the Brunswicks and the Empress Elizabeth goes ballistic when she sees someone wearing pink! Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts - (ads may come in on the free feed at some point in the future but never for subscription members) At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier than normal  Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/ and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to  https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify  Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elizabeth has been busy putting her house in order which means that I have a number of loose ends to tie up. Plus we get to meet a distant relative and we'll also see what's been going on with the Austrians, French and Prussians. Click on one of the links below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts - (ads may come in on the free feed at some point in the future but never for subscription members) At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier than normal Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/ and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elizabeth Petrovna is the new empress of Russia. However, she's busy getting her house in order and there is a coronation to plan. So whilst she's off doing that, we'll undertake a quick retrospective of Anna Ivanovna's reign and then we'll take a look at the causes, and the initial events, of the War of the Austrian Succession. Click on one of the links or logos below to join the Boyar Duma where for a small monthly subscription you'll receive the following - Exclusive membership of the Boyar Duma and a shout out on the Podcast Ad-free podcasts - (ads may come in on the free feed at some point in the future but never for subscription members) At least one members only episode per month General release episodes at least 1 week earlier than normal Transcripts for each episode (Patreon Only) Via Patreon Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/ and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via Apple Podcasts search in apple podcasts for ‘Boyar Duma’ or the ‘History of Russia podcast-members only’ and hit subscribe. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-russia-members-only/id1696439936 Via Spotify Search in spotify for 'Russia members only' https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/damon-boar/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today in a slightly longer episode than normal we’ll be covering the period between October 1740 and December 1741 which is 15 months and not a year but I think you’ll agree that ‘The 15 months of living dangerously’ doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you want to sign up to get members only episodes, early access to general release episodes, ad free content and written transcripts, for the price of a cup of coffee a month, then you can in a couple of ways You can sign-up via the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/ just click on the membership page or the Patreon Logo on the home page. Or you can go directly to patreon.com/historyofrussia And sign up there In this episode, we’ll be concentrating on further events centred around the Russian court in St Petersburg, which taken as a whole, and as per the deliberately mysterious and enigmatic episode title, may or may not point to the beginning of the end for the Miloslavsky branch of the Romanov dynasty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diplomacy with with the Persians, war with the Ottomans, an outbreak of Bubonic Plague and reform on the home front - plus I pronounce 'L'Hermitage' in a really strange way... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a couple of decades of peace most of Europe get's back to a more normal state of affairs with The War of the Polish Succession. Meanwhile back in Moscow, Anna had her own succesion decision to make and Elizabeth Petrovna needed to be careful. To sign-up for membership of the Boyar Duma Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to patreon.com/historyofrussia To contact me Website https://www.historyofrussia.net Twitter HistoryRussia1 Email nordicworld@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A look at Anna's early life, her first three years in charge of Russia and what went on at court - allegedly..... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Supreme Privy Council finds itself in charge of Russia's fate - but will it's scheming be successful? Oh, and someone catches Smallpox... To sign-up for membership of the Boyar Duma Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to patreon.com/historyofrussia Or download the Patreon app - just search for patreon in either the the Apple App store or the Google play store Contact Details Website https://www.historyofrussia.net Twitter HistoryRussia1 Email nordicworld@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Prince takes the 11 year old Peter II under his wing (or thinks that he does) Website https://www.historyofrussia.net Twitter HistoryRussia1 Email nordicworld@outlook.com To sign-up for membership of the Boyar Duma Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to patreon.com/historyofrussia Or download the Patreon app - just search for patreon in either the the Apple App store or the Google play store Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we’ll be taking a closer look at the Supreme Privy council, Plus we’ll get to see how Russia and Great Britain almost came to blows and how Menshikov managed to get his daughter engaged to a member of the established imperial family. To sign-up for membership of the Boyar Duma Go to the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net and visit the Membership Page or the Patreon Logo on the home page Or go to patreon.com/historyofrussia Or download the Patreon app - just search for patreon in either the the Apple App store or the Google play store List of books that I use (or have used) for the podcast Chronicle of the Russian Tsars - David Warnes (A good high-level history) The Gates of Europe - Serhii Plokhy (Ukrainian History) Russia, A history - Gregory L Freeze Russia and the Russians - Geoffrey Hosking Russia - Martin Sixsmith (Another High-level history) The Cambridge History of Russia, Volume 1 - From the Early Rus to 1689) (Very detailed but a bit on the heavy side) Peter the Great - Robert Massie Catherine the Great - Robert Massie The Romanovs - Simon Sebag Montefiore The Longman companion to Imperial Russia 1689 - 1917 - David Longley - full of facts, some of which the other books just don’t include but more of a reference guide Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.