Empire: World History

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94. The Bloody History of Russia & Ukraine

This episode explores the history of Ukraine, focusing on the complex relationship between Ukrainian nationalism and Russian imperialism from the early 20th century to the Stalin era. Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and the subsequent civil war, the episode examines the formation of Ukrainian national id...

93. Murdering the Romanovs: The End of a Dynasty

92. Killing Rasputin

91. Lenin and The Rise of the Bolsheviks

90. The Russian Revolution: Overthrowing the Tsar

89. The Final Act of the Great Game

88. The Russo-Japanese War: Asia Strikes Back

87. Tolstoy: War and the Russian Empire

86. Crushing the Khans: Russia Seizes the Centre of the World

85. The Russian Conquest of America

84. A Tale of Two Nurses: Seacole & Nightingale

83. The Charge of the Light Brigade

82. Crimea: The War on Repeat

81. The Graveyard of Empires

80. 1842: The Retreat from Kabul

79. Invading Afghanistan: The Return of a King

78. The Battle of the Spies

77. The Great Game Begins

This podcast episode provides a historical analysis of the significance of Afghanistan within the Great Game, a contest for power between Britain and Russia in the 19th century. It explores Napoleon's aspirations to conquer India and the proactive strategies employed by the British to safeguard their interests. The epi...

76. The Empress & The General