Episode 188 - Catherine the Great & Peter III - A ReassessmentIn today's podcast we look back at the reigns of husband and wife, Peter III and Catherine II./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/5592312
Episode 187 - The Russian Civil War - The End1922 marks the end of the most brutal civil war in human history, the Russian Civil War. Tens of millions of people perished with the Bolsheviks taking complete control./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/5438182
Episode 186 - The Russian Civil War - Here Come the WhitesThe Russian Civil War is in full swing and things are not looking good for the Bolsheviks. Find out how they handled the heat./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/5355235
Episode 185 - The Russian Civil War - The BeginningThe beginning of the Russian Civil War started the day the Provisional Government was overthrown. Millions would die over the coming five years./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/5334893
Episode 184 - The Russian Civil War - Part 3 - The BackgroundThe prelude to the Russian Civil War is today's topic./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/5255113
Episode 183 - The Russian Civil War Part 2 - The Belligerents - The Red's and Black'sIn today's podcast, we talk about the leaders of the Red's, the Black's and the Poles./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/5153021
Episode 182 - The Russian Civil War, Part 1 - The Belligerents - The WhitesWe will begin the discussion about the Russian Civil War with the commanders of the White Army's./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/5024476
Episode 181 - Tsar Paul - Was He Such a Bad Guy After All?Today, we review the reign of Tsar Paul, son of Catherine the Great./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/5004175
Episode 180 - Three Alexander's and a Nicholas In BetweenThe three Tsar's named Alexander and Nicholas I, helped steer their dynasty towards its doom./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4957563
Episode 179 - Nicholas II - Who Could Have Done it Better?Which previous Russian Ruler would have saved the monarchy in 1917. We look at seven of them in today's podcast./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4821767
Episode 179 - Nicholas II - Who Could Have Done it Better?Which previous Russian Ruler could have saved the Romanov's? We look at seven potentials./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4821768
Episode 178 - Lenin - Could You Stay A Little While Longer?Today we ask the question, what if? What if Vladimir Lenin had lived another 10 or 20 years longer. What would that have done to the history of the Soviet Union?/episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4676614
Episode 177 - The Henchman of Khrushchev and Stalin - Part 2Henchmen Mikoyan, Molotov, Suslov, Voroshilov and Zhdanov get covered today./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4576635
Episode 176 - The Henchmen of Stalin & Khrushchev - Part 1The henchmen of Stalin and Khrushchev were to be complicit in the murder of millions of people during the 1920's through the 50's./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4539172
Episode 175 - Charlatan, Con Man, Murderer - Trofim LysenkoTrofim Lysenko was one of the greatest charlatans of all time. He set back Soviet biology for decades./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4471685
Episode 174 - Getting Older by the Minute - Leonid BrezhnevAs the Soviet leadership ages, the USSR is caught in a stagnant and corrupt era./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4430549
Episode 173 - A Rotten Stinking Mess, Brezhnev, Andropov and ChernenkoDuring the era of stagnation, the USSR was ruled by three men, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4430550
Episode 172 - A Collapsing Empire - Mikhail GorbachevIn today's podcast we take another look at the life and times of Mikhail Gorbachev./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4430551
Episode 171 - Communist, Rebel and Capitalist Wanna Be - Boris YeltsinWe review the life and legacy of the first Russian President, Boris Yeltsin./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4430552
Episode 170 - No Foreseeable End - Vladimir PutinWe will be retracing all of the Russian Rulers, in reverse, starting with Vladimir Putin. This series will be more subjective than past episodes./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/4430554
Episode 169 - The History of Ukraine - Part TwoUkraine has suffered through numerous wars and famines throughout the years. It helps explain what is going on there today./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/3955757
Episode 168 - The History of Ukraine - Part OneUkraine is as much of a part of the history of Russia, as Russia is itself. Join us as we cover its 1000+ history./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/3840546
Episode 167 - Famines in Russia and the Soviet UnionFamines have been a driving force behind many societal changes in Russian history. We will cover five major ones in today's podcast./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/3797125
Episode 166 - Alexander Pushkin - Part ThreePushkin is deep in debt, gets married, censored by the government then dies in a duel at the age of 37./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/3756193
Episode 165 - Alexander Pushkin - Part TwoPushkin graduated from the Lycee but falls into a life of debauchery and liberalism that gets him into lots of trouble./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/3725772
Episode 164 - Alexander Pushkin - Part OneIn today's podcast, we cover the early years of one of Russia's greatest poets, Alexander Pushkin./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/3670573
Episode 163 - Leo Tolstoy - The Later Years of TransformationThis episode follows the last years of one of the greatest writers in history, Leo Tolstoy./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/3615394
Episode 162 - Leo Tolstoy - Marriage, War and Peace and Anna KareninaTolstoy's marriage is somewhat infamous. What is not are two of his greatest works, War and Peace and Anna Karenina./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/3587299
Episode 161 - Leo Tolstoy - Manhood Part IILeo Tolstoy heads to the Crimean War in Sevastopol, then takes two trips through Europe./episode/index/show/russianrulers/id/3525748
