This episode takes you to Russia’s 19th-century peak—from beating Napoleon to the mid-1800s, a time when its might wasn’t in industry, but in ruling Europe’s political game. It’s the story of how Russia became the "European Gendarme," quelling revolutions (like Hungary’s) and making powers like Prussia back down with just a Tsar’s "attention." But here’s the surprise: beneath its fearsome influence, Russia was shrinking into conservatism, choked by bloated bureaucracy and fallin...
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This episode takes you to Russia’s 19th-century peak—from beating Napoleon to the mid-1800s, a time when its might wasn’t in industry, but in ruling Europe’s political game. It’s the story of how Russia became the "European Gendarme," quelling revolutions (like Hungary’s) and making powers like Prussia back down with just a Tsar’s "attention." But here’s the surprise: beneath its fearsome influence, Russia was shrinking into conservatism, choked by bloated bureaucracy and fallin...
2 Why Did the Orthodox Faith Become So Central to Russia
A Brief History of Russia
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2 Why Did the Orthodox Faith Become So Central to Russia
In 988 AD, thousands of people in Kievan Rus plunged into the Dnieper River — not to cool off, but to be baptized. That moment marked the birth of Eastern Orthodoxy in Russia, a faith that would shape the nation’s soul, politics, and destiny for over a thousand years. In this episode, David Clark explores why Prince Vladimir chose Orthodoxy over other religions, how it unified the early Russian state, and how it planted the seeds of Russia’s conservatism, expansionism, and the powerful idea o...
A Brief History of Russia
This episode takes you to Russia’s 19th-century peak—from beating Napoleon to the mid-1800s, a time when its might wasn’t in industry, but in ruling Europe’s political game. It’s the story of how Russia became the "European Gendarme," quelling revolutions (like Hungary’s) and making powers like Prussia back down with just a Tsar’s "attention." But here’s the surprise: beneath its fearsome influence, Russia was shrinking into conservatism, choked by bloated bureaucracy and fallin...
