Russian Rulers History Podcast

Nicholas II under increasing pressure to abdicate, gives up the throne his family held for over 300 years.

Nicholas II celebrates a number of historical events while he gets his country ready to plunge into WWI.

Nicholas II steers Russian foreign policy towards war after changing the makeup of the Duma.

Tsar Nicholas II allows for a Duma to be formed after the Revolution of 1905.

Russia plunges headlong into war with Japan and suffers a humiliating defeat.

Nicholas II, instead of relaxing the policies of his father Alexander III, tightens them alienating more and more of his subjects.

Nicholas II becomes Tsar reluctantly on the death of his father. Within years tragedy strikes at the celebration of his coronation at the Khodynka Field.

Alexander III take control of Russia and undoes many of the reforms of his late, murdered father.

Alexander II tries to reform Russia only to have multiple assassinations come his way. Eventually one was to succeed bringing his reign to an abrupt end.

With Nicholas I dead and the Crimean War going badly, Alexander II takes control and seeks to reform his Russia.

So how do I come up with all of my podcasts? This episode host Mark Schauss reviews the books he uses to research the subject of Russian History.

Nicholas I, keeps his reactionary position intact which causes Russia to lose the Crimean War, with the army suffering horrible losses.

Alexander I dies and his brother Nicholas takes control but not without a bit of controversy.

Napoleon is chased by Alexander I all the way to Paris. The Tsar then has a change in personality causing him to reverse many of his earlier reforms.

Mikhail Speransky was a brilliant man who saw how bad things truly were in Russia in the early 19th century. This short episode is a reading from a memorandum he wrote.