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It's Spring 1758 and Grand Duchess Catherine is attempting to extricate herself from yet another difficult situation. Meanwhile, over in Prussia, Frederick the Great, despite having just won major battles against the French and the Austrians, i
This week we’ll be putting the seven years war to one side whilst we concentrate instead on events that took place in Russia during 1757 and 1758 which, in no particular order, include the reasons for, and the political and personal fallout fro
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 B
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
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 outb
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, c
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 thr
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 invet
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 Alexe
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
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 Pruss
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
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 o
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
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
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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 caref
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.neta
The Prince takes the 11 year old Peter II under his wing (or thinks that he does) Website https://www.historyofrussia.netTwitter HistoryRussia1Email nordicworld@outlook.com To sign-up for membership of the Boyar Duma Go to the po
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.T
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Catherine I becomes Autocrat and Russia's first EmpressBut is she the one in charge? Contact Details -Website https://www.historyofrussia.netTwitter HistoryRussia1Email nordicworld@outlook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri
If you haven't already guessed, this week's episode is all about the Cossacks and the Tatars..... For further reading on the Age of Enlightenment -the-age-of-enlightenment Contact Details -Website https://www.historyofrussia.netTwitter
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