And the Welcome to Russian History Retold.

I'm your host Mark Schaus.

Episode 118.

Chechnia and Russia.

A bad relationship.

Well, the end of the Russian rulers podcast came and went. So now, as I've told you,

I've decided to change the format of the series to focus more on the people and events that make Russian history such an incredible study.

As you may have noticed, I've changed the name of the podcast to Russian history re-told.

You won't notice this on iTunes or other podcast catchers because frankly it's too hard to do from a technically challenged

person like me but the format for the

podcasts will be slightly different as I will be covering everything but the

rulers of Russia as I will retell the story of the Russia as I see it.

Now you may disagree with my point of view, which is fine, but I promise that I will try to be

as objective as always, starting with today's podcast, which is sure to draw controversy.

I'll be jumping from era to era with no real rhyme or reason behind it, except that it's a topic that I find either timely or interesting.

You may have also noticed a change in the opening musical piece.

I've dropped the Volga Boat song until it kind of lighten things up. As I find other pieces, I'll begin

to the podcast with different works, so we're not going to just have the same music. And today's piece, that came from Nikolai Rimski Corsicov's masterpiece, Sheherazad.

Now, let's get on with the podcast topic of today, the relationship between Chechnya and Russia. of

the relationship between Chechnie and Russia.

Obviously one of the reasons I chose this subject is because of the Boston Marathon bombings

and the two suspects being of supposed Chechen heritage.

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