Episode 24: City under Siege. The Tale of Rudolph Felix Bauer
From Tales from Imperial Russia by James White
August 12, 2025 · 40 min · Episode 24
About this episode
This episode recounts the involvement of Colonel Rudolph Felix Bauer in the siege of Tartu during the Great Northern War.
In 1704, Colonel Rudolph Felix Bauer found himself involved in the siege of Tartu, one of the many battles of the Great Northern War between Russia and Sweden. This tale tells of how Bauer came to be before the bloody walls of Tartu while also recounting the trevails of the siege itself. Sources M. Laidre, The Great Northern War and Estonia: The Trials of Dorpat 1700-1708, trans P. Ruustal (Tallinn: Argo, 2010) R. Slavnitskii, ‘Deistviia Russikh voisk v khode osadnykh operatsii nachal’nogo perioda severnoi voiny 1700-1721’, Voennaia letopis’ otechestva, no. 6 (2018), 54-58 V. Berendsen, E. Küng, and M. Maiste, ‘Tartu rahvastik 17. sajandi lopul ja 18. sajandi algul’, Tuna, no. 1 (2010), 29-44
People in this episode
Host: James White
Topics covered
- siege
- military history
- Great Northern War
- Tartu
- Colonel Rudolph Felix Bauer
- battles
- Estonia
Keywords
- Rudolph Felix Bauer
- Tartu
- Great Northern War
- siege
- military history
- Estonia
- battles
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Argo, Voennaia letopis’ otechestva, Tuna
Books & works: The Great Northern War and Estonia: The Trials of Dorpat 1700-1708, Deistviia Russikh voisk v khode osadnykh operatsii nachal’nogo perioda severnoi voiny 1700-1721, Tartu rahvastik 17. sajandi lopul ja 18. sajandi algul
Places: Tartu
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