This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we'll be covering events at Smolensk, where Alexei, and the Russian army, are hoping to capture one of their main war aims. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here:...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we'll be covering Alexei's ascencion to the throne, his plans for reforming the state and army and how he would instigate a war with the Commonwealth; all in an attempt to reverse the territorial losses suffered in the past couple of centuries. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we'll be covering Mikhail's assencsion to the throne, his battle against his family to marry the woman he wants, the difficulty in producing an heir and then his untimely death. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available;...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, Episodes 1 through to 5 are re-recorded and remastered. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here: https://www.patreon.com/therussianhistorypodcast

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, Episodes 1 through to 5 are re-recorded and remastered. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here: https://www.patreon.com/therussianhistorypodcast

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we'll be covering Sweden's campaign against Russia in the Baltic, a conflict that will later become known as the Ingrian war. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here:...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we'll be wrapping up the siege of Smolensk and covering the final part of the war, as the Commonwealth once more marches on Moscow. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here:...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we take a quick look at Russia's new Czar, before then getting into the initial events at Smolensk, the siege that will come to embody the war with the Commonwealth, and the siege that will eventually bring the long war to a close. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, the war takes a new dynamic, as the Second Militia engage in running battles to prevent the Commonwealth from being able to relieve their garrison within Moscow that has been forced to endure a siege within the Kremlin itself. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, war appears to be drawing to a close. The Czar, and the Pretender, have both lost. Russia has a new Czar, but rebellion is in the air within months of his army having occupied Moscow. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available;...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, the war escalates even further. It's 1610 and Poland/Lithuania have stopped backing the pretender and, instead, joined the war outright. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here:...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we're covering the escalation of the war between the second pretender claiming to be Dmitry, son of Ivan Grozny, and Czar Vasily Shuisky. Sweden, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, will pick a side each and join the conflict. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we get into the second imposter claiming to be Dmitry, son of Ivan Grozny. He, along with a surprisingly high number of followers, will challenge the new Czar for the right to sit on the Russian throne. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we look at how the rule of the imposter Dmitry is brought to an end, despite his best efforts in attmepting reverse the fortunes of the Russian state.   Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we look at the transition of power between Boris and his son and heir, Feodor. Mistakes will be made, and these mistakes will have far reaching consequences that will last well into the 17th century.   Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we look at the end for Boris, where, despite a military victory against the pretenders attacking army, things in Moscow aren't going so well.   Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here:...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we look at the pretender of the Russian throne, the man who would become known as the False Dmitry, and at how his initial military effort to take the throne would play out. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we get into the causes of the Great Famine, analysing how Boris made a desparate situation even worse, by issuing unsound economic policies and then not challenging the noblity and clergy who were exploiting the situation. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we cover the events of the late 16th century, touching on Sweden's tenous grip over it's new province of Finland, whilst back in Russia, we look at the succession crisis that is brewing as a result of Feodor, and by extension, the house of Rurik, not having a legitimate male heir should Feodor die without issue. Spoiler, Feodor dies without issue. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on...

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we cover the events of the Russo-Swedish war of 1590-1595 Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here: https://www.patreon.com/therussianhistorypodcast

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we take a brief look at Fydor, son of Ivan. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here: https://www.patreon.com/therussianhistorypodcast

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we look at what happens when Russia expands East, and comes into conflict with Sibir. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here: https://www.patreon.com/therussianhistorypodcast

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we look Ivan Grozny's relationship with his eldest surviving son, also named Ivan. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here: https://www.patreon.com/therussianhistorypodcast

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we look at the Crimean campaign of 1572, as Khan Giray looks to repeat the previous years' success. Questions and queries can be emailed to [email protected] or by following @ruhipoca on Twitter. You can support the show on Patreon, where for $2.50 a month, you can help the show continue with increased costs as more and more sources are now available; please find further details here: https://www.patreon.com/therussianhistorypodcast

This week, on the Russian History Podcast, we look at the great Crimean raid of 1571 that would reach the very walls of Moscow.