Episode 7 – Soviet Christmas Special
The Eastern Border
Kristaps Andrejsons
4.7 • 877 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2015
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Greetings, Comrades, and Merry Christmas!
Sorry for the small delay, but the new episode is finally here. All the listener questions we received are answered…and then we talk about the very depressive issue of Christmas in the Soviet Union. Special thanks goes to Lynn, from The History of The Ottoman Empire podcast, for doing the intro – and he allowed us to do his, so after you’ve done with this episode, go and check him out at https://historyoftheottomanempire.squarespace.com/
We have two pictures this week! One is the Rubles that you might be getting in the following three months:
And the second one is Ded Moroz and Snegurochka. Santa Claus has nothing on this!
Also, you can now follow us on Twitter – @Eastern_Border. We post podcast updates, funny pictures, historical pictures, one movie link, which was really sad, and some news comments. Basically, stuff that’s at least kind of related to what we do here.
Anyways…enjoy the show, I hope your questions have been answered, and..,Merry Christmas!
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| 0:00.0 | Love this podcast? |
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| 0:15.2 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track |
| 0:24.5 | to your destination, not a care in the world as you simply lean back, and before you know it, |
| 0:30.9 | you're there. Travel by train from London to Liverpool from just 25 pounds. Avante West Coast, |
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| 0:48.1 | Hello, Eastern Border listeners. |
| 0:50.5 | This is Lynn Perkins of the History of the Ottoman Empire podcast. |
| 1:00.0 | My aim is to tell the history of the Ottomans from their humble tribal origins in northeast Anatolia, |
| 1:07.0 | to its imperial heights in the 15th and 16th centuries, and to its fall in the early 20th century. You can find the History of the Ottoman Empire on iTunes, SoundCloud, and coming very soon |
| 1:13.2 | to Stitcher. Also, please check out the website at the history of the Ottoman Empire.square |
| 1:19.0 | dot squarespace.com. And now to the Eastern Border podcast, which I am thoroughly enjoying. |
| 1:25.4 | Christop's insider perspective of the history and politics of Eastern Europe, Russia, and the |
| 1:30.0 | former Soviet Union, helps those who grew up in the United States, like myself, |
| 1:35.0 | to obtain a greater understanding of the region and its people. |
| 1:38.8 | For example, who knew that Lafia was such a beer-loving country? |
| 1:43.0 | Another reason to love its people. |
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