63 episodes
The History of Yugoslavia Alex Cruikshanks
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4.8 • 174 Ratings
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A fortnightly podcast chronicling the amazing story of the now ex-country of Yugoslavia -its formation, heights, and collapse.
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Episode 1 - In the Beginning
Download Episode! In this Introductory episode, I explain the concept of this podcast and give a lightning summary of Balkan history up to the 18th Century. Hope you enjoy it!
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Episode 2 - Land of the Romans
Download Episode! This week's episode explores the background to the Balkan national independence movements - the Ottoman Empire. Enjoy, and any comments or feedback are appreciated!
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Episode 3 - The Serbian Uprising
Download Episode! Finally, time to get the first of the countries that will become Yugoslavia on the board, as a bunch of disgruntled Janissaries inadvertently provoke the creation of modern Serbia.
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Episode 4 - The Sick Man of Europe
Download Episode! After becoming Prince of Serbia in 1817, Miloš Obrenović set about consolidating his position as an autocratic ruler. Further to the South, the Greeks start to get restless too....
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Episode 5 - Greater Serbia
Download Episode! This episode, we take a look at developments in Serbia under the reign of the much-maligned Prince Alexander Karađorđević, and the origins of the Serb ethnic nationalist movement. Theme Music - "Charlotte" by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0
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Episode 5.5 - The Black Mountain
Download Episode! Today, we get up to speed on what's been happening up until the 1850s in Serbia's neighbour, Montenegro. Theme Music – “Charlotte” by Damiano Baldoni, licensed under CC BY 4.0
Customer Reviews
Absolutely beautiful
This podcast is unlike anything I have listened to in a very long time! It is very well put together and the story telling is relatively humerus but still telling the real history of the region! You HAVE to listen to this!
Fascinating history; very well presented!
Alex,
I love your show! I’ve listened to it twice, and it was just as good the second time XD I started listening while traveling in Croatia, and it has inspired me to want to travel to the rest of the Balkans as well.
Please keep going! Can’t wait to continue the story. Much love from California.
Really good info
My husband and I were on vacation in Croatia and Bosnia and in our quest to better understand the region, discovered this podcast. It’s really well scripted, with good information, and is told in a way that is engaging and pulls you along. We’re only through season one and are already back home, but we plan to listen to the whole series! Really really good.