The History of Russia Podcast

Damon Boar
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A podcast exploring everything related to the History of Russia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 11/25/2025

    Podcast Update - November 2025

    Just a short update from me about life in general and the short-term impact to the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    3 min

  2. 11/13/2025

    Episode 97 - You’re going up and I’m going down

    In recent episodes we've seen how various major events - the war with the Ottomans, the first partition of Poland, Smallpox, Pugachev, and the Moscow plague outbreak, occupied every waking hour of Catherine the Great's life. But did they?  Well in today's epsiode we are going to discover that the answer to that question was a resounding 'no' There's no listener discretion required for this one - play it loud and play it often!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    26 min

  3. 10/23/2025

    Episode 96 - The Pugachevshchina

    Pugachev's rebellion gathers steam but Catherine the Great, who has other things to worry about, fails to take it seriously. Once again, some parts of this episode are, to say the least, a bit on the grim side.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    26 min

  4. 09/17/2025

    Episode 95 - Variolation, Expansion and Rebellion

    In the first part of the episode we’ll be heading back to the 1760s and looking at the steps Catherine and others had taken to counter the effects of another of the 18th century’s fatal diseases - the dreaded smallpox. And then after that we’ll be taking a look at some further Russian territorial expansion and then finally the very beginning of and the reasons for the most serious rebellion of Catherine’s reign which was led by - Tsar Peter III, that’s right, that Peter III, the one who had died or been murdered back in 1762.  Like the last episode some of today’s content, especially during the first half is a little bit on the uncomfortable side and so perhaps the whole thing is best listened to late at night when little ears are safely tucked up in bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min

  5. 08/12/2025

    Episode 94 - War, Plague and Peace

    In today’s episode and as per the title we’ll be looking at three major items Firstly the Russo-Turkish war, which we’ll be bringing to a close, secondly we’ll cover an outbreak of the plague and then we’ll finish things off by looking at how the war ended and what the resultant peace meant for both the Russian and Ottoman empires. Listener discretion required - Please note that some parts of the episode are, to say the least, a liitle bit on the grim side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 min

  6. 06/27/2025

    Episode 93 - Three slices of Polish Pie

    Battleships are at the ready in Cheshme Bay and Frederick the Great comes up with a very cunning plan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    30 min

  7. 06/04/2025

    Episode 92 - Billiards, Tennis or Infection?

    Grigory Potemkin makes his mark at court and the next installment of the Russo-Ottoman wars gets underway. Oh, and I make not one, not two but three almost catastrophic errors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 min

  8. 04/26/2025

    Episode 91 - The last King of Poland

    This time around we’ll look into what the Turks objected to, see who the next, and last King of Poland will be and investigate how this whole palaver resulted in a full scale war between Russia and the Ottomans. 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 PodcastAd-free podcastsAt least one members only episode per monthGeneral release episodes at least 1 week earlierTranscripts for each episode (Patreon Only)  Via Patreon https://www.patreon.com/historyofrussia_boyarduma Via the podcast website https://www.historyofrussia.net/support/   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.

    23 min
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A podcast exploring everything related to the History of Russia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Damon Boar
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    101
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The History of Russia Podcast

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