The History of Russia Podcast

By Damon Boar

A podcast exploring everything related to the History of Russia

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Number 1: Episode 117 - 1812 (Part Three) Borodino
This week we follow the Grande Armée on the road to Moscow. However, in between Napoleon and Russia's ancient capital was the village of Borodino which Kutusov had occupied and this time it looked like the Russians were going to stand and fight. We'll also be taking a brief look at what was going on in Spain and the Caucasus and I offer my thoughts on why Napoleon was aiming for Moscow and not St Petersburg and what it was actually like to be an ordinairy soldier in a Napoleonic era army Please note that from now on, the 1812 mini series is going to become increasingly grim so perhaps best not to listen when little ears are around. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
September 02, 202635min
Number 2: Episode 116 - 1812 (Part Two) The Roads to Smolensk
Today’s episode will feature two main events - a long, muddled chase. Barclay De Tolly pulling back, Bagration trying to catch up with him, neither of them quite knowing where each other was and Napoleon's marshals trying to make sure that the two Russian armies never quite managed to meet up and combine forces And in August, almost 2 months after the invasion had started, we will have our first battle - well sort of. We also have a couple of other sideshows to keep an eye on, neither of which were at the forefront of either Napoleon’s or Alexander’s minds - the Iberian campaign and the continuing rumbling in the Caucasus. By the way if there is a medical term for the fear of saying the place-name' Smolensk", I've got it. If you want to get in touch it's - [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 25, 202634min
Number 3: Episode 118 - 1812 (Part Four) Fall in Moscow
Today we are going to see how and why Napoleon reached Moscow so easily But, here's the question. Would he be able to do the second of the two things he wanted to do and force Alexander to the negotiating table and get him to surrender? We’ll also be making short visits to Iberia and the Caucasus, and then for no other reason than I think it’s interesting and it puts things into context in terms of events happening on the global stage, we’ll cover a couple of slight diversions that had taken place over in the UK and the USA, which would involve an assasination and the start of yet another war. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions then you can send them across to me via good old-fashioned email - [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
September 10, 202636min
Number 4: Episode 115 - 1812 (Part One) And so it begins
This time around, we’ll be covering just the two things, the somewhat inevitable fall of Speransky and the events that would lead up to and include Napoleon’s full scale invasion of Russia in June 1812. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 18, 202640min
Number 5: Episode 114 - The Cracks Widen
In Today's episode we'll be visiting a number of different locations. First, Iberia — because Napoleon's other war, the one being fought in Spain and Portugal, was quietly draining exactly the men, materiel and focus that would be ideally required in the east. Then we’ll head east ourselves, to the Ottoman front and take a short detour into the Caucasus. Next it’s back to St Petersburg, to watch Speransky's reform programme start to come apart at the seams. And then finally, the main event — the actual mechanics of how France and Russia went from suspicious allies to open enemies over the course of 1811, and what both sides were doing about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 07, 202627min