Episode 81 - The Empress is dead, long live the...
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This time around we’ll be looking at the events that unfolded in the years 1761 and 1762 which, as the title suggests, sadly involves the end of the line for the Empress Elizabeth.
But, in an age when Russia had no clearly defined order of succession, much like today, no one was entirely sure what or who would happen next.
For one person though, the change of regime in St Petersburg would represent a long sought after miracle.
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In this week’s episode ware going to look at four main items
A short appraisal of Peter’s reign, a longer appraisal of Elizabeth’s time in charge, a look at the recent coup’s winners and losers and then finally, how Catherine and her advisors (well actually, one advisor) explained away the death...
Published 11/10/24
A longer than usual episode which provides an overall look at the world in 1762 - just at the point when Catherine was starting her reign in Russia.
Britannia ruled the waves (or was starting to) and the age of enlightenment and the trans-atlantic slave trade were approaching their respective...
Published 10/25/24