Russian tsars: everything you wanted to know

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🗓️ 15 April 2023

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Who were the rulers of Russia prior to the 1917 Revolution? How accessible were they to the ordinary peoples of the Russian empire? How did a foreign-born princess manage to secure absolute power in St Petersburg, and what impact did the Napoleonic Wars have on tsarist influence? Speaking to Danny Bird, Simon Sebag Montefiore answers listener questions about the Russian tsars, from the ancient origins of their regal title to the monarchy’s dramatic collapse. (Ad) Simon Sebag Montefiore is the author of The Romanovs: 1613-1918. Buy it now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Romanovs-1613-1918-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore/dp/1474600875crid=Y7HQ1IS420LY&keywords=attack+warning+red+julie+mcdowall&qid=1680258464&sprefix=attack+warnon%2Caps%2C189&sr=8-1/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.8	Did the Russian Tsars consider themselves heirs to the Roman emperors? How did a foreign-born princess managed to exert control
0:57.2	over the imperial court in St Petersburg? And was the downfall of the Russian monarchy all but inevitable
1:04.5	in 1917? In today's episode, Simon Seabag Montefiore speaks to Danny Bird to answer your questions on the lavish and formidable rulers of Imperial Russia.
1:17.7	Simon, welcome to the History Extra podcast. Today, in this episode of everything you wanted to know, we'll be looking at Russian Tsars. And I'd like to kick us off by posing a question we've received on Instagram from
1:28.7	James Dallon, who asks, what was a Tsar and what distinguished them from other rulers in Europe and Asia?
1:35.1	Thank you very much. It's great to be here, and it's great to be on History Extra. Great question about
1:39.5	the Tsars. The Tsars were the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Muscovy. They were originally Grand Princes,
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