Episodios

  • 15. Russian history: Modernizing Russia.

    15. Russian history: Modernizing Russia.
    Jul 10 2025
    15. Russian history: Modernizing Russia.
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    3 m
  • 14. Russian history: Hunt for top job.

    14. Russian history: Hunt for top job.
    Jul 10 2025
    14. Russian history: Hunt for top job.
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    4 m
  • 13. Russian history: New head, new hopes.

    13. Russian history: New head, new hopes.
    Jul 10 2025
    13. Russian history: New head, new hopes.
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    6 m
  • 12. Russian history: Healing wounds of wild 90s.

    12. Russian history: Healing wounds of wild 90s.
    Jul 10 2025
    12. Russian history: Healing wounds of wild 90s.
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    3 m
  • 11. Russian history: Russia after the Soviet Union.

    11. Russian history: Russia after the Soviet Union.
    Jul 10 2025
    11. Russian history: Russia after the Soviet Union.
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    5 m
  • 10. Russian history: Glasnost and perestroika times.

    10. Russian history: Glasnost and perestroika times.
    Jul 10 2025
    10. Russian history: Glasnost and perestroika times.
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    6 m
  • 9. Russian history: Warming up during the Cold War.

    9. Russian history: Warming up during the Cold War.
    Jul 8 2025
    9. Russian history: Warming up during the Cold War.
    Despite the unprecedented devastation, the Soviet Union emerged from WW2 as an acknowledged superpower. By the end of the war, “Uncle Joe”, as Stalin was nicknamed by the Western media, had cultivated a productive relationship with the United States. But the wartime alliance didn’t last. In 1946, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned of an “iron curtain” as Stalin was turning most of eastern and central Europe into Soviet satellite states.
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    6 m
  • 8. Russian history: The Great Patriotic War.

    8. Russian history: The Great Patriotic War.
    Jul 8 2025
    8. Russian history: The Great Patriotic War.
    The outbreak of the Second World War found the Soviet Union unprepared for the conflict ahead. Political purges had stripped the army of many of its experienced leaders while industrial production was slow in adapting to military needs. Having signed a non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939, Hitler’s invasion of June 1941 caught the USSR by surprise. By the end of the year, the Germans had seized most of the Soviet Union’s western territory and surrounded Leningrad.
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    7 m