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February 13, 2021

Podcast: Journeys through the Russian Empire

In his latest authoritative book, “Journeys Through the Russian Empire,” (Duke University Press, 2020) Russian scholar, photographer, and chronicler of Russian architecture William Craft Brumfield frames the life and work…

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February 9, 2021

Podcast: Moscow Monumental

Katherine Zubovich's "Moscow Monumental" charts the decades long effort to transform Russia’s ancient second city into the triumphant capital of the new socialist state, and the construction of the city's…

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June 10, 2020

Podcast: Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World

Fascination with the Viking Age is at an all-time high, though it has never really gone out of fashion. There is something irresistible about the Vikings, a civilization dedicated to…

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May 27, 2020

Podcast:Queen Victoria and the Romanovs

"Queen Victoria and the Romanovs: 60 Years of Mutual Distrust" is a fascinating journey through the intimacy of royal politics and diplomacy, and a study in the universality of family…

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November 18, 2019

Podcast: Russia’s 20th Century: A Fresh Look at Soviet History

A conversation with Professor Michael Khodarkovsky about his new book, Russia's 20th Century: a fresh look at the arc of Soviet history.

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July 18, 2019

Podcast: The Romanov Empress

While the Russian Revolutions claimed many Romanov victims, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, the mother of Nicholas II, famously survived. The life of this fascinating woman, born a Danish princess, is…

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July 16, 2019

Podcast: The Last Night on the Titanic

Culinary historian, Veronika Hinke’s new book, The Last Night on the Titanic, Unsinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style is a celebration of the ethos of the Titanic through the magnificent food…

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July 8, 2019

Podcast: The Baltic Story

In Caroline Boggis-Rolfe's authoritative The Baltic Story, we meet pirates, princes, and prelates. While much divides the Slavs, Balts, Saxons, Poles, and Scandinavian peoples, much also unites them: rugged individualism…

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Russian historian Jennifer Eremeeva reviews the new Amazon series, The Romanoffs

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November 3, 2018

The Romanoffs: The Empire Strikes Back

As "The Romanoffs" continues on Amazon Prime; I take a look at Episode 3 and learn how a real-life Romanov is neither amused nor entertained by the series. She wants…

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Jennifer Eremeeva recommends 5 Great History Podcasts

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September 22, 2018

5 Outstanding History Podcasts

Podcasts seem to have been made for history with that discipline’s episodic nature. Successful history podcasts require a lot of passion for the subject, dedication, extensive research, and attention to…

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