Howdy everyone and welcome back to the show! Today I will be talking about a subject very near and dear to my heart, Soviet small arms. Ooooooohhhhh. If that sounds like something that wouldn't immediately put you to sleep, you should tune in as I discuss Kalashnikov the man, his gun, and how it shaped the 20th century.

Sources:

A Look Back at the SKS-45 Rifle: ⁠https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/a-look-back-at-the-sks-45-rifle/

An Ode to the 7.62x39m (M43) Soviet: https://www.americanhunter.org/content/an-ode-to-the-7-62x39mm-m43-soviet/

Kalashnikov's Uncomfortable Legacy: ⁠https://www.rferl.org/a/kalashnikov-uncomfortable-legacy/25210112.html⁠

Military Assault Rifles: https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep10642

Obituary: Mikhail Kalashnikov: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-19870688

Russian Arms Sales to the Middle East: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/russian-arms-sales-middle-east

Soviet Arms Trade With the Noncommunist Third World: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1174128

The AK-47: Comerade Kalashnikov’s Masterwork: https://gunsmagazine.com/guns/the-ak-47/

The AK-47: Everything You Want to Know: https://www.military.com/off-duty/ak-47-all-about.html

The World’s Most Popular Gun: The Long Road to the AK-47: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43152665

Howdy everyone and welcome back. I have a little short episode going over some high points of the history of St. Petersburg. There is so much history to this city, even though it's really not that old, so I just chose some of the most important, and some of my favorite parts to talk about.

Sources:

About St. Petersburg: https://forumspb.com/en/o-sankt-peterburge/fakti/

Moscow Becomes the Capital of the Soviet Union: https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619089

Second Northern War:https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Northern-War

Siege of Leningrad: https://www.britannica.com/event/Siege-of-Leningrad

St. Petersburg: https://www.britannica.com/place/St-Petersburg-Russia

St. Petersburg Through the Ages: https://forumspb.com/en/o-sankt-peterburge/history/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Howdy everyone and welcome back. It's been a while but we are back. Join me for an episode covering the WWII most famous flying women of the Red Army, the Night Witches.

Sources:

The Soviet Female Fliers of World War II: https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep13932.8

"Bomb-dropping Bombshells:" https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1061&context=madrush&httpsredir=1&referer=

"The Soviet Night Witches": https://wrightmuseum.org/the-soviet-night-witches/

Hello everyone! In today's episode, I will be talking about Catherine's legacy and talking about how we remember her now and why maybe we should rethink that. Join me as I get a little rambly and yap a whole bunch about Catherine the Great.

Hello everyone and welcome as we discuss the final years and ultimate death of Catherine the Great on today's episode.

Sources:

Catherine the Great by Simon Dixon

Russia in the age of Catherine the Great by Isabel de Madriaga

The Romanovs by Simnon Montefiore

Catherine the Great: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-the-Great

Howdy! This week we have another episode about Catherine the Great. This week we will be discussing arguably the golden era of Catherine's rule as she takes direct control of the Russian empire and really makes it her own.

Sources:

Catherine the Great by Simon Dixon

Russia in the age of Catherine the Great by Isabel de Madriaga

The Romanovs by Simnon Montefiore

Catherine the Great: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-the-Great

Tune in this week to hear how Catherine gets on as the new empress of Russia. This week's episode will be discussing the very short reign of Peter III and Catherine's ascension to power and her initial attempts to consolidate that power.

Sources:

Catherine the Great by Simon Dixon

Russia in the age of Catherine the Great by Isabel de Madriaga

The Romanovs by Simnon Montefiore

Catherine the Great: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-the-Great

In this episode we will be discussing how Sophie, now Catherine, got on and settled in to her new life in the Russian court. We will discuss the difficulties Catherine faced and her new marriage to Peter III.

Sources:

Catherine the Great by Simon Dixon

Russia in the age of Catherine the Great by Isabel de Madriaga

The Romanovs by Simnon Montefiore

Catherine the Great: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catherine-the-Great