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The History of Russia Podcast

by Damon Boar

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Episode 123 - The Return

October 19, 2026 · 31 min

Napoleon gets busy on Elba, Alexander finds redemption, the 7th coalition is formed and down in south-east Asia there is a humungous explosion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 122 - Invasion, Abdication and Exile

October 9, 2026 · 37 min

This week's episode features a diplomatic game that Napoleon somehow found a way to lose. The invasion of France itself, an abdication, exile and the last shots of a six-year war fought by two men who didn't know it was already over. There…
Episode 121 - The Battle(s) of the Nations

October 2, 2026 · 32 min

It's 1813 - Napoleon is back in Paris and he has put together a new army. But... a new coalition has been formed and as the year progresses things start to look increasingly desperate for the French. Also and as per usual, we will be…
Episode 120 - 1812 (Part Six) The Trap

September 25, 2026 · 31 min

In the sixth and final part of this min-series we follow the remnants of Napoleons Grande Armée as they plod they plod their way, half-starved and half-frozen, back towards safety. But, up ahead, at a river called the Berezina, three…
Episode 119 - 1812 (Part Five) The Road to Hell

September 18, 2026 · 34 min

Napoleon had sat in an empty, burned-out Moscow for weeks waiting for a response from Alexander. But the Russian emperor had stayed silent and so Bonaparte had decided it was time to head back west. What he didn't know is that his retreat…

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Episode 118 - 1812 (Part Four) Fall in Moscow

September 10, 2026 · 35 min

Today we are going to see how and why Napoleon reached Moscow so easily But, here's the question. Would he be able to do the second of the two things he wanted to do and force Alexander to the negotiating table and get him to…
Episode 117 - 1812 (Part Three) Borodino

September 2, 2026 · 35 min

This week we follow the Grande Armée on the road to Moscow. However, in between Napoleon and Russia's ancient capital was the village of Borodino which Kutusov had occupied and this time it looked like the Russians were going to stand and…
Episode 116 - 1812 (Part Two) The Roads to Smolensk

August 25, 2026 · 34 min

Today’s episode will feature two main events - a long, muddled chase. Barclay De Tolly pulling back, Bagration trying to catch up with him, neither of them quite knowing where each other was and Napoleon's marshals trying to make sure that…
Episode 115 - 1812 (Part One) And so it begins

August 18, 2026 · 40 min

This time around, we’ll be covering just the two things, the somewhat inevitable fall of Speransky and the events that would lead up to and include Napoleon’s full scale invasion of Russia in June 1812. Hosted on Acast. See…
Episode 114 - The Cracks Widen

August 7, 2026 · 27 min

In Today's episode we'll be visiting a number of different locations. First, Iberia — because Napoleon's other war, the one being fought in Spain and Portugal, was quietly draining exactly the men, materiel and focus that would be ideally…
Episode 113 - The Cracks Appear

July 31, 2026 · 30 min

Today we're going to look at what Tilsit actually meant first of all for Russia. What it did to the domestic mood, what it meant economically, how it left a messy war with the Ottomans (yes, Russia nd Turkey were at it gain), hanging in…
Episode 112 - Tilsit

July 22, 2026 · 31 min

Napoleon continued to sweep all before him - on land. But at sea, it was a different story. Prussia decided to join the allied coalition, and imediately regreted it. Which meant that Alexander had no other choice but go to war with the…