The Romanovs
Dan Snow's History Hit
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4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The Romanov family were the first imperial dynasty to rule Russia, reigning from the early seventeenth century until the Russian Revolution of 1917. Including such illustrious names as Peter the Great, Catherine the Great and Alexander I, they oversaw and often instigated, dramatic changes to the fabric of Russian society and culture as a whole. Through conquest and expansion, they carved out a Russian Empire and propelled their nation into great power status. The myth and memory of the Romanovs still permeate Russian identity and history today.
Dan catches up with Orlando Figes, a distinguished historian and an expert on Romanov Russia whose acclaimed books, including A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924, help to shed light on this crucial portion of Russian history.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, |
| 0:00.5 | folks, Dan Snow here. |
| 0:01.6 | I am throwing a party to celebrate 10 years of Dan Snow's history hit. |
| 0:06.1 | I'd love for you to be there. |
| 0:07.5 | Join me for a very special live recording of the podcast in London, |
| 0:10.4 | in England on the 12th of September to celebrate the 10 years. |
| 0:14.1 | You can find out more about it and get tickets with the link in the show notes. |
| 0:17.6 | Look forward to seeing you there. |
| 0:24.5 | Hey, show notes. Look forward to seeing you there. Hey everyone, welcome downslows history here. Russia. People are talking about Russia. |
| 0:29.1 | You can see why Russia is something we feel we need to get a handle on these days. |
| 0:34.1 | We forgot that we need to get a handle on it. People during the Cold War talked about little else than the Soviet Union and Russian history. And then for 20 or 30 years, perhaps Russian studies |
| 0:42.8 | slid slightly more into obscurity, but they're back. Folks, they're back. And Orlando Fij |
| 0:47.8 | is back with a gigantic new book on the history of Russia. Pretty extraordinary timing. |
| 0:53.1 | And I ask him in this podcast how the events |
| 0:55.1 | of this winter, the invasion of Ukraine, affected how he wrote the history. Orlando Fais has written |
| 1:02.8 | many beautiful books on Russian history, in particular a people's tragedy. It's one of the |
| 1:07.2 | best history books I think I've ever read, and he's taught at many British |
| 1:12.0 | universities. I caught up with him to talk about his new book and the history of Russia. Enjoy. |
| 1:25.2 | Orlando, thanks very much to come back on the podcast. |
| 1:28.5 | You're very welcome. |
| 1:30.8 | Where did these pesky Romanoffs come from? |
| 1:32.8 | Were they famous before they became SARS? |
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