The Russian Empire History Podcast
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The history of all the peoples of the Russian Empire. New episode weekly.
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Meanwhile in Lithuania, Gediminas divides his realm among his seven sons.
As the plague ends, Moscow needs a new knyaz, and the Horde needs a way to recover.
Life in the steppe was different to sedentary Europe, and the effects of the plague were also different.
Ivan’s son Simeon take the throne, but soon faces a new threat - the Black Death.
This episode completes the story of these three contemporaries and their legacies.
Lithuania begins its expansion to the south.
This episode catches up on what has been happening in Galicia and Volhynia after Daniil of Galicia.
Gediminas follows his brother to establish a new dynasty in Lithuania.
With the Prussian Crusade over, the Order immediately launches a new crusade against Lithuania.
By the end of the thirteenth century, the Teutonic Order has established Prussia and Livonia, new Catholic states running from Poland to Estonia.
Following the death of Mindaugas, Lithuania goes through a period of instability before beginning to annex Rus territory.
Khan Ozbeg changes his policy and makes Ivan of Moscow his man in the northeast.
Ozbek continues to interfere with the knyazes, and to secure his control over his other frontier regions.
Toghrilcha’s son returns to take the throne and make the Horde officially Muslim.
A new century finds Moscow and Tver ready to stake their claim.
And good riddance, most of the Rus would probably say. As Toqtoa defeats Nogay, Andrei continues trying to make himself a truly grand knyaz.
The last two decades of the thirteenth century is a time of turmoil for both the Great Horde and the knyazes of Suzdalia.
When the Great Horde integrated conquered peoples, it did not mean they had to become nomads.
Following the death of Berke, the Quriltai chooses Batu’s grandson Mongke Temur as the new khan.
As Hulegu’s stand off with the Horde continues, the first Muslim khan finds new allies in the Mamelukes.
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Is this a history of Russia or a history of anthropology and archeology? Too many digressions.
Excellent new mic. o yeah give me a run down of sources and historiography and theoretical frameworks. Historians pornography!