Welcome to Russian History Retold, episode 220, the Great Battles of Russian History, Part

1.

Last time, I interviewed the author of the book, The Empress in the English Doctor, Lucy Ward.

Today, we'll discuss the great battles and sieges that molded Russia.

But before we get there, I just want to tell you that I'm going to be accepting advertising

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What they do is they put out some possible advertisers.

I approve them, and you'll see if they fit in with my audience.

They put it into the episode for me, and then when there's enough downloads of the episode,

they'll take the ad out, so it doesn't linger there forever.

It's a way for me to pay for the expenses of the podcast and the hosting, and I've added

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So let's get to the podcast topic.

Over the centuries of Russian history, there have been many military battles that helped

shape the country's history.

Today we will only be discussing those engagements before the fall of the Romanovs.

I've chosen 12 of what I think are the most critical and influential confrontations

of all time.

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