This week we cover some background to recent events in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden, and then take a look at the remainder of Tsar Mikhail Romanov's (and Filaret's) time in charge of Russia.

Period Covered 1619 -1645

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The madness continues but there is just a chink of light at the end of the tunnel...

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About 400 years ago, at the beginning of the 17th Century, it was Russia that was on the back foot.....

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In a break from the main narrative we take a look at the new power to Russia’s south, the fascinating and mysterious Ottoman empire.

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This week we look at Ivan the Terrible's final years as Tsar,  summarise his achievements, failures and legacy (and see what a couple of other Russian leaders, J.Stalin, and V.Putin thought of him) and then we'll finish off by covering the comparatively short reign of the last Rurikid Tsar, Ivan’s son, Feodor the first.

Period Covered    1572 - 1598

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This week we look at the middle part of Ivan the Terrible's reign which starts well but then, for various reasons, goes rapidly downhill.

Period covered: circa 1550 - 1571 

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We start the new year by looking at the overall European political/ geopolitical landscape in the early 16th century and then get stuck into the initial part of Ivan IV’s (AKA Ivan the Terrible's) time in charge of Moscow/Russia

Period covered 1533 - 1550 ish

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We reflect on the past 500 years of the Rus state, look at the impacts of the Mongol Invasion/Occupation and cover the reign of, Ivan the Great's son, Vasili III, who after 20 years of marriage, still doesn't have an heir....

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This week we’ll be covering the second part of Ivan III’s 43 year reign and seeing how things developed in a Moscow finally free of it’s Mongol shackles and with things surprisingly quiet on its western borders, or at least for the time being they were...

Period Covered 1480 to 1505

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