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From the glittering palaces of St. Petersburg to the frozen front lines of World War I, the Russian Revolution was a seismic upheaval that shattered three centuries of Romanov rule and redrew the map of the modern world. Lucas and Luna guide you through the crackling tension of late imperial Russia: the serfdom that choked the countryside, the industrial slums of Moscow and Petrograd, and the tsar... more

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In 1918, Lenin's government launched a brutal policy of forced grain requisitioning known as prodrazverstka, sparking a catastrophic famine that claimed millions of lives. This episode follows the Bolsheviks' desperate attempt to feed the Red Army an... more

In 1920, as the Russian Civil War wound down, a new uprising erupted in the fertile black-earth region of Tambov. This episode explores the Green Army rebellion, a peasant-led insurgency against Bolshevik grain requisitioning. We discuss the leaders ... more

In March 1921, as the Russian Civil War wound down, the sailors of the Baltic Fleet at Kronstadt — once hailed as the vanguard of the revolution — rose up against the Bolshevik government they had helped bring to power. This episode dives into the Kr... more

In March 1921, the sailors of the Kronstadt naval fortress — once hailed as the 'pride and glory of the Russian Revolution' — rose up against the Bolshevik government they had helped bring to power. This episode explores the Kronstadt Rebellion from ... more

In this episode, we explore the dramatic 1918 Siege of Tsaritsyn, a pivotal but often overlooked battle of the Russian Civil War that launched Joseph Stalin's military career. While Trotsky organized the Red Army's trains, Stalin was in Tsaritsyn (la... more

In the chaos of the Russian Civil War, a force of 40,000 former prisoners of war seized control of the Trans-Siberian Railway and held it for months, fighting Bolsheviks, anarchists, and the elements. This episode follows the Czechoslovak Legion from... more

Before the revolution tore Russia apart, one general nearly changed the course of World War I. This episode follows Alexei Brusilov's 1916 offensive — a stunning breakthrough that shattered Austro-Hungarian lines along a 300-mile front. Lucas and Lun... more

Nikolai Klyuev was a peasant poet who captured the soul of rural Russia in verse. He welcomed the February Revolution but grew horrified as Bolsheviks uprooted village life. This episode traces Klyuev's journey from celebrated '‘peasant bard’ to Sovi... more

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Q: So, they rebelled against Lenin himself?
Yes, the Kronshtadt sailors rebelled against Lenin's centralization of power, demanding democratic reforms and an end to one-party monopoly; Trotsky branded them counterrevolutionaries, and the rebellion was crushed, yet it influenced NEP policies.

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Listeners lean into deep historical storytelling that traces the Russian Revolution from late imperial tensions through the Bolshevik rise and the ensuing civil war, with a strong focus on pivotal figures, political strategies, and the social forces that shaped 20th-century geopolitics. Episodes frequently dissect Lenin and Trotsky's decisions, the machinery of state power, and the human costs of revolutionary upheaval, while connecting early Soviet policies to long-tail consequences in world history and current political discourse. A standout characteristic is the way the hosts weave granular events (sieges, uprisings, policy shifts) into a cohesive narrative that explains not just what happened, but why it mattered for the modern world. T... more

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