Episode 103 - Villages, Partitions, and Revolution.

About this episode

The episode explores Russia's geopolitical landscape post-1792, focusing on key historical figures and events.

Today we are going to zoom in on that period just after the dust had settled — roughly 1792 onwards — and have a look at what Russia looked like from a geopolitical standpoint We'll also be talking about a man, sadly for the last time, who had become one of the titans of Russian History. Grigory Potemkin. (in a way I'm glad because for some strange reason my pronunciation of his name was inconsistent to say the least) And then we'll be spending some time with a general who, if you remember from the last episode, had won every major battle that he had been involved in - Alexander Suvorov. Which for the Polish/Lithuanian commonwealth would spell even more disaster.  And finally, we’ll take a quick peek at what was going on in France where the Ancien Regime was being turned upside down and what Catherine’s thought about it all. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Damon Boar

Topics covered

• Russian history
• geopolitical changes
• Grigory Potemkin
• Alexander Suvorov
• French Revolution
• Catherine the Great

Keywords

• Russia
• Grigory Potemkin
• Alexander Suvorov
• French Revolution
• Catherine the Great
• geopolitics
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Russia, Polish/Lithuanian commonwealth, France

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