Catherine Goes to the Crimea

Russian Rulers History Podcast

Mark Schauss

History, Putin, Ussr, Usa, War, Tsar, Belarus, Arts, Revolution, Social Sciences, Ukraine, Science, Crimea, Russia, Soviet

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🗓️ 22 May 2011

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Empress Catherine, having taken control of the Crimea, sets off on a grand tour of the newly conquered land. If you'd like to support the podcast with a small monthly donation, click this link - https://www.buzzsprout.com/385372/support

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0:00.0	I'm going to go. He's
0:15.0	a-a-ra-s-s-s-s-a-s-s-a-s-a-s- Welcome to the Russian rulers podcast.
0:27.0	Episode number 50.
0:32.0	Catherine goes to the Crimea.
0:34.6	Yeah, we finally made it to episode 50.
0:38.8	When I looked back at my initial outline of where I thought we would be by episode 50. I wasn't even close. I figured we'd be
0:48.2	deep into the reign of Joseph Stalin by now, but we'll only be coming close to finishing off, Catherine the Great.
0:55.5	It really makes me realize how much greater Russian history is than I ever dreamed of.
1:01.8	And thanks to all of you for listening to the podcast. It does make
1:05.0	it so much more fun for me. Well, on to Catherine. Last episode, we followed the now mid-50 year old Empress as she moves from
1:15.9	lover to lover as well as helping decide the fate of the control of Bavaria.
1:20.5	She begins to improve relations between Russia and Austria at the expense of
1:25.8	her relationship with her native Prussia. Her son Paul has remarried and in short order given
1:32.4	Catherine two heirs to the throne.
1:36.6	Now with the Crimea under Russian control, Catherine decided to pay the Southern
1:40.6	Territory a visit.
1:42.8	But this was no ordinary visit.
1:45.0	It wasn't going to be done under shadows like Peter the Great's Grand
1:49.2	Embassy.
1:50.2	No, it was to be done in a grand style befitting the Empress of the greatest nation in the world.
1:57.6	Not only would she travel with Potemkin of course, but with Joseph II of Austria coming along with the ambassadors of Austria, France and Britain joining them,
2:08.0	the journey would begin in the midst of a frigid winter on January 1st, 1787.
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