Russian Rulers History Podcast
This podcast traces the history of Russian rulers from Rurik to Putin, and covers all aspects of Russian and Soviet history, including the histories of countries that were part of the USSR and the Russian Empire. It aims to help listeners understand the policies of Vladimir Putin and Russia. The podcast is hosted by Mark Schauss.
Episodes
Joseph Stalin Revisited
Send us Fan MailToday's episode will focus on looking at Stalin psychologically to determine whether he had suffered from mental illness and what experiences led him to the behaviors that affected the citizens of the Soviet Union.Support the show
Leon Trotsky Revisited - Part Two
Send us Fan MailToday, we finish the two-part story about Leon Trotsky, beginning in 1917 and ending with his assassination by Ramon Mercader in 1940.Support the show
Leon Trotsky Revisited - Part One
Send us Fan MailToday, we revisit the life of Leon Trotsky with our focus being on who he was as a person and how he became the revolutionary that would help the Bolsheviks take control of Russia.Support the show
The Battle of Berlin - The Human Story
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the final battle of the European p[art of World War II. We will focus on the human suffering instead of the actual battle. Support the show
The Kronstadt Rebellion of 1921
Send us Fan MailToday, we will cover the rebellion of the soldiers stationed at the naval base of Kronstadt, this time against the Bolsheviks who they helped get into power in 1917.Support the show
The Influencers of the Russian Tsars
Send us Fan MailToday, we discuss those men (and some women) who had influence over the Tsars of Russia starting with Ivan I. Support the show
Veliky Novgorod
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the history of one of Russia's oldest cities, Veliky Novgorod.Support the show
The Rurikid Dynasty
Send us Fan MailToday we cover the 719 year dynasty that lasted from 862 with the arrival of the Viking Varangian, Rurik and ended in 1598 with the death of Feodor I. Support the show
The Russian Imperial Era
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the Russian Imperial Era which began under the reign of Peter the Great in 1721 and ended with the abdication of Nicholas II in February 1917.Support the show
The Cold War - Part Four
Send us Fan MailToday, we wrap up the series on the first Cold War and introduce the beginning of the second Cold War, this time with Russia instead of the Soviet Union. Support the show
The Cold War - Part Three
Send us Fan MailToday we cover the tensions between the USSR and the US as well as the start of detente. We will also briefly cover the border conflict between the USSR and China that almost led to war between the two communist behemoths.Support the show
The Cold War - Part Two
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the Korean War and other Cold War activities that the US and the USSR dabbled in. Support the show
The Cold War - Part One
Send us Fan MailToday, we begin a multipart series on the Cold War, a battle of ideologies between the United States and the Soviet Union.Support the show
Archpriest Avvakum - The Life Written by Himself
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the autobiography of the Archpriest Avvakum Petrov, the man who was one of the leaders of the schismatic Old Believers, born from the denial of the reforms of the Russian Orthodox Church by Patriarch Nikon in the mid-17th century.Support the show
The Role of Women in the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 - Part Two
Send us Fan MailToday, we wrap up the series on the women in Russia who helped bring about the revolutions that would bring down the Romanov dynasty.Support the show
Quick Podcast Update
Send us Fan MailJust wanted to let everyone know what's up with the podcast and when the next episode will be uploaded and what to expect in the episode after that. Support the show
The Role of Women in the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 - Part One
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the enormous role that women played in the two Russian Revolutions of the early 20th century. Support the show
The Impact of the Bolshevik Revolution on the Russian People
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the impact of the Bolshevik Revolution on the Russian people. Support the show
Astrakhan, Kazan, and Crimea: A History
Send us Fan MailToday, we discuss the histories of the remnants of the Golden Horde and the Mongol Invasion, the khanates of Astrakhan, Kazan, and Crimea. Support the show
The Soviet Space Program - Part Two
Send us Fan MailToday, we wrap up the series on the Soviet Space Program with some fantastic successes, and disastrous failures.Support the show
Brief Update on the Podcast
Send us Fan MailJust wanted to share the plans I have for the podcast, which will continue for at least another year. Support the show
The Soviet Space Program - Part One
Send us Fan MailToday, we begin our two-part series covering the Soviet Space Program from its early days in the 1930s up to the launch of the three Sputnik satellites.Support the show
The Battle of Kursk
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the largest tank battle in human history, the Battle of Kursk, whose outcome still reverberates to this day. Support the show
Konstantin Stanislavski - The Father of Method Acting
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover one of the pioneers of modern acting, Konstantin Stanislavski, the man whose "system" would be known as method acting.Support the show
Operation Barbarossa - Part Two
Send us Fan MailToday, we wrap up the series on the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.Support the show
Operation Barbarossa - Part One
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the preparations for the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany in 1942. This is a two-part series that will culminate in the largest invasion in human history.Support the show
Raiders, Rulers, and Traders - The Horse and the Rise of Empires - An Interview with author David Chaffetz
Send us Fan MailToday, I am sharing an interview with author David Chaffetz to talk about his book Raiders, Rulers, and Traders. We will talk about the role of horses in Russian history from the days of the Mongol Invasion all the way up two World War II.Support the show
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the non-aggression treaty between the USSR and Nazi Germany signed in 1939, that shocked the world. It also was the trigger that started World War IISupport the show
Russian Expansion Under Ivan the Great
Send us Fan MailDuring Ivan III's reign, the Principality of Muscovy grew to become what we now know as the Russian Empire.Support the show
Soviet Scientists
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover those scientists who served during the time of the Soviet Union.Support the show
Russian Scientists
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the fascinating lives and accomplishments of 13 Russian scientistsSupport the show
Russian Colonialism and Imperialism
Send us Fan MailDespite 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, we cover the third Moscow Show Trial based on the actual transcript, translated into English.Support the show
The History of Kyiv
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday'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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, we continue on our journey into the history of the Cossacks, focusing mostly on those from the Don River basin. Support the show
The History of the Cossacks - Part One
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailSergei 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday'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 Borodino
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Princess Ekaterina Dashkova - Part Three
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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?
Send us Fan MailWho 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
The Great Game - Part One
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday'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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailAlexei 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, we finish our series about the foods and drinks from Russia. Support the show
Russian and Soviet Cuisine - Part One
Send us Fan MailToday, we start a two-part series about the incredible cuisines of Russia and the Soviet Union. Support the show
The Volga - Part Three
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailThis 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, 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. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/supportSupport the show
Russian Conflicts After 1991 - Part Two
Send us Fan MailToday, we end our two-part series on the numerous conflicts that Russia has participated after the dissolution 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
Russian Conflicts After 1991 - Part One
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
Send us Fan MailToday, we finish our two-part series on the major turning points in both Russian and Soviet history. 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 History - Part One
Send us Fan MailToday, we begin a two-part series relating to the turning points in Russian 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
The Historical Relationship Between Russia and China
Send us Fan MailToday, 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
The Soviet Gulag System - Part Five - The End
Send us Fan MailToday, we finish up our five-part series on the Soviet Gulag system. The punishments and rewards as well as the dismantling of the camps are discussed. 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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