Tales from Imperial Russia is a fortnightly podcast narrating ordinary and extraordinary lives from the Russian Empire. In short episodes, we will avoid the oft-retold stories of emperors and battles to focus on the mostly forgotten lives of individuals from an amazing array of locales, peoples, and circumstances.
This podcast is written and performed by Dr James White. For my academic articles, please see: https://urfu.academia.edu/JamesWhite.
To purchase my recent book, please see: https://www.amazon.com/Unity-Faith-Edinoverie-Orthodoxy-1800-1918/dp/0253049725/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=edinoverie&qid=1610272334&sr=8-1
A ghost was plaguing the household of Father Ioann Solov'ev, the parish priest of the tiny hamlet of Lychentsy, in November 1900...floating objects, strange...
From the 1890s, the Russian Empire saw an outburst of interest in vegetarianism, especially since it was being propounded by famous figures like the...
In 1704, Colonel Rudolph Felix Bauer found himself involved in the siege of Tartu, one of the many battles of the Great Northern War...
