The Russian Empire History Podcast

1.88 - Lithuania vs the Teutonic Order 03.11.2025 31:02 ↓

With the Prussian Crusade over, the Order immediately launches a new crusade against Lithuania.

1.87 - The Baltic Crusades III 27.10.2025 31:20 ↓

By the end of the thirteenth century, the Teutonic Order has established Prussia and Livonia, new Catholic states running from Poland to Estonia.

1.86 - The Emergence of Lithuania 20.10.2025 31:38 ↓

Following the death of Mindaugas, Lithuania goes through a period of instability before beginning to annex Rus territory.

1.85 -Ivan I “the Moneybag" 29.09.2025 30:08 ↓

Khan Ozbeg changes his policy and makes Ivan of Moscow his man in the northeast.

1.84 - Ozbek and the Knyazes 22.09.2025 27:53 ↓

Ozbek continues to interfere with the knyazes, and to secure his control over his other frontier regions.

1.83 - Khan Ozbeg 15.09.2025 29:37 ↓

Toghrilcha’s son returns to take the throne and make the Horde officially Muslim.

1.82 - Moscow and Tver 08.09.2025 29:52 ↓

A new century finds Moscow and Tver ready to stake their claim.

1.81 - Goodbye to the Thirteenth Century 01.09.2025 31:00 ↓

And good riddance, most of the Rus would probably say. As Toqtoa defeats Nogay, Andrei continues trying to make himself a truly grand knyaz.

1.80 - Dmitry, Andrey, and Nogay 25.08.2025 30:00 ↓

The last two decades of the thirteenth century is a time of turmoil for both the Great Horde and the knyazes of Suzdalia.

1.79 - The Great Horde IV - Living in the Horde 11.08.2025 28:52 ↓

When the Great Horde integrated conquered peoples, it did not mean they had to become nomads.

1.78 - The Great Horde III - Mongke-Temur 04.08.2025 32:16 ↓

Following the death of Berke, the Quriltai chooses Batu’s grandson Mongke Temur as the new khan.

1.77 - The Great Horde II - Berke 28.07.2025 32:58 ↓

As Hulegu’s stand off with the Horde continues, the first Muslim khan finds new allies in the Mamelukes.

1.76 - The Great Horde I 30.06.2025 48:58 ↓

In this episode, we begin a look at how the Ulus of Jochi developed into the Great Horde.

1.75 - Succession under the Mongols 16.06.2025 44:19 ↓

Aleksandr Nevsky is dead. His brother Andrey already blew his chance to succeed, but submission to the Mongols means the rules are changing.

1.74 - Aleksandr Nevsky II - Aleksandr and the Mongols 02.06.2025 56:27 ↓

Aleksandr has used the Mongols to claim his throne, now he has live with them.

1.73 - Aleksandr Nevsky I - A Turning Point 19.05.2025 48:13 ↓

Hero? Collaborator? Both? In 2008, Russians voted him their greatest historical hero, but does his life justify the acclaim?

1.72 - Suzdalia and the Mongols 05.05.2025 41:28 ↓

We return to the Northeast to cover the succession to Vsevolod Big Nest, the struggle for Novgorod, and the arrival of the Mongols.

1.71 - Daniil of Galicia II - Galicia and the Mongols 22.04.2025 50:21 ↓

After decades fighting for his birthright, Daniil must face a new enemy.

1.70 - Daniil of Galicia I - The Galician Succession 07.04.2025 54:53 ↓

Roman Mstislavich had united Volhynia and Galicia, but his early death leaves his kingdom open to Rus and foreign pretenders. It will take his son, Daniil, years to recover.

1.69 - Batu Consolidates 24.03.2025 38:16 ↓

Batu continues his campaign westwards. Despite winning his battles, circumstances force him to return to the Volga to consolidate his rule.

1.68 - A ‘Mongol Yoke’? 10.03.2025 45:06 ↓

From the chroniclers seeing them as God’s punishment, to Tsarist historians trying to push them out of Russian history altogther, to Stalinists banning any mention of them other than as predatory parasites, this episode looks at some of the ways Russian historians have struggled to come to grips with the Mongols.

1.67 - The Mongol Western Campaigns II - The Fall of Rus 24.02.2025 48:50 ↓

Batu continues his western campaigns and brings about the end of Rus.

1.66 - The Mongol Western Campaigns Part I - The Fall of Bulgaria 10.02.2025 30:13 ↓

The Mongol Empire continues its campaigns of expansion. Chingis Khan has given his son Jochi the west, but first he must conquer it.

1.65 - Enter the Mongols 27.01.2025 48:45 ↓

Word comes from the Polovtsi that there is a new force on the steppe. The Rus join them to fight them off.

1.64 Mindaugas the One and Only 16.12.2024 41:42 ↓

Under pressure from Teutonic knights, Rus, and Poland, a new kingdom emerges from the Lithuanian tribes.