About this episode

The episode discusses the escalation of Pugachev's rebellion and Catherine the Great's lack of concern for the situation.

Pugachev's rebellion gathers steam but Catherine the Great, who has other things to worry about, fails to take it seriously. Once again, some parts of this episode are, to say the least, a bit on the grim side.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Damon Boar

Topics covered

• Pugachev's rebellion
• Catherine the Great
• Russian history
• 18th century
• social unrest

Keywords

• Pugachev
• rebellion
• Catherine the Great
• Russia
• history
• grim events
• 18th century

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