Skirmish between cossacks and the imperial bodyguard, by Jean Baptiste Edouard …
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2:00 |
Read by Sonia |
Russia Part I: Folk-tales and early history: Historical note
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2:38 |
Read by Sonia |
The imp and the crust, by Count Leo Tolstoy
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8:27 |
Read by Sonia |
The story of iron and the poison water, from the Kalevala
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7:20 |
Read by Sonia |
The country and customs of the Scythians (fifth century B.C.), by Herodotus
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15:31 |
Read by Sonia |
The vengeance of Queen Olga (about 945), from the chronicle of Nestor
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9:24 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Vladimir in search of a religion (about 988), by John S. C. Abbott
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10:56 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Russia Part II: In the days of Ivan the Terrible: Historical note
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2:50 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
How Russia was freed from the Tartars (1480), by John S. C. Abbott
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10:32 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584), by Frances A. Shaw
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14:46 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Life at the Setch (fifteenth century), by Nikolai V. Gogol
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23:11 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The false Czar (1605), by Frances A. Shaw
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18:45 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The kremlin of Moscow, by Bayard Taylor
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17:10 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Russia Part III: Peter the Great: Historical note
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3:02 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
A morning with Peter the Great (early in the eighteenth century), by Dmitri Mer…
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17:08 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How St. Petersburg was built (1703), by John S. C. Abbott
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4:28 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
A supposed letter from an English architect (1715), by Maurice Baring
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14:51 |
Read by Colleen McMahon |
Russia Part IV: From Catherine the Great to the invasion of Napoleon: Historica…
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2:28 |
Read by Kristine Bekere |
A day with Catherine the Great (1794), by Adrian Moyseevich Gribovski
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13:09 |
Read by Kristine Bekere |
Borodino (1812), by Alexander Sergeyevitch Pushkin
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5:55 |
Read by Nemo |
The burning of Moscow, by Louis Adolph Thiers
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8:21 |
Read by Colleen McMahon |
The crossing of the Beresina river (1812), by John S. C. Abbott
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10:01 |
Read by Colleen McMahon |
Passage of the Beresina, by J. H. Van Papendrecht, painting p. 130
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2:13 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
Russia Part V: Poland: Historical note
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3:04 |
Read by Foon |
The surrender of Kamenyetz (1672), by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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20:51 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Poland or Russia ? (1793), by Jane Porter
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15:37 |
Read by April6090 |
The division of Poland, by Sir Edwin Arnold
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3:29 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
The revolt in Warsaw, 1861, by Joseph Nicholas Robert-Fleury (French painter, 1…
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2:50 |
Read by Foon |
Russia Part VI: Siberia: Historical note
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2:12 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
The conquest of Siberia (1579-1584), by Count Leo Tolstoy
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24:22 |
Read by tovarisch |
Yermak, a folk-song
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3:33 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
How pardon was won for an exile (1808), by Madame Sophie Risteau Cottin
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10:03 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
On the march to Siberia (nineteenth century), by Baroness M. De Packh
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9:04 |
Read by April6090 |
A Kirghis warrior, by Vasili Vasilevich Vereshchagin (Russia, 1842-1904), paint…
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2:24 |
Read by cathar maiden |
In a Tartar tent (about 1909), by Lindon Bates, Jr.
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17:49 |
Read by Colleen McMahon |
Russia Part VII: A coronation and three wars: Historical note
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3:20 |
Read by Foon |
The coronation of Alexander II (1855), by Count von Moltke
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10:54 |
Read by Colleen McMahon |
The emancipation of the serfs (1861), by Hezekiah Butterworth
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3:59 |
Read by cathar maiden |
The taking of the village (an incident of the war of 1877 with Turkey), by Vsye…
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12:24 |
Read by tovarisch |
The capture of a redoubt (an incident of the war of 1877 with Turkey), by Vasil…
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18:02 |
Read by tovarisch |
Coaling at sea (1905), by Commander Vladimir Semenoff, of the Imperial Russian …
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18:24 |
Read by tovarisch |
Russia Part VIII: Life in modern Russia: Historical note
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1:58 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
The races on the Neva river (1870), by Théophile Gautier
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9:59 |
Read by techpsalti |
A little Jewish girl in Russia, by Mary Antin
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9:26 |
Read by April6090 |
The fair of Nijni-Novgorod, by Edna Dean Proctor
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3:00 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
Austria-Hungary Part I: From the Tartar invasion to the Reformation: Historical…
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2:40 |
Read by Availle |
The coming of the Tartars (1240), by Louis Felbermann
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7:00 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How Rudolf the First became Emperor (1273), by John S. C. Abbott
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15:39 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Stories of Rudolf, founder of the house of Hapsburg (thirteenth century), by Wi…
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10:34 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How Naumburg was saved, by Jaroslav Cermak (Bohemian artist, - 1878), painting …
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1:35 |
Read by Foon |
The deliverance of Prague (1420), by E. H. Gillett
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16:36 |
Read by Colleen McMahon |
A funeral menu of the sixteenth century (1509), from the old chronicles
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4:50 |
Read by Nemo |
The emperor Maximilian receiving the Venetian embassy, by Karl Ludwig Friedrich…
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2:48 |
Read by Nemo |
Austria-Hungary Part II: The religious wars of the seventeenth century: Histori…
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2:10 |
Read by Availle |
The devastation of St. Vitus's church (1619-1620), by Marie Hay
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16:27 |
Read by Colleen McMahon |
Wallenstein, the deposed general (1630), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schi…
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7:19 |
Read by Sonia |
Wallenstein and the cuirassiers (1634), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schil…
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14:57 |
Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
How John Sobieski saved Vienna from the Turks (1683), by John S. C. Abbott
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10:06 |
Read by realisticspeakers |
Austria-Hungary Part III: From Maria Theresa to the downfall of Napoleon: Histo…
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2:59 |
Read by Availle |
How Maria Theresa of Austria became King (1740), by John S. C. Abbott
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11:20 |
Read by April6090 |
The command of Maria Theresa, by John S. C. Abbott
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11:29 |
Read by Larry Wilson |
Hohenlinden (1800), by Thomas Campbell
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2:45 |
Read by Monika M. C. |
The battle of Austerlitz (1805), by John S. C. Abbott
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5:24 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
How the French honored Joseph Haydn (1805), by ''Louisa Mühlbach'' (Klara M. Mu…
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10:38 |
Read by Nemo |
Andreas Hofer rallying the Tyrolean mountaineers, by Franz von Defregger (Austr…
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2:16 |
Read by Monika M. C. |
Austria-Hungary Part IV: The nineteenth century: Historical note
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2:27 |
Read by Availle |
After the battle of Szolnok (1849), by Maurus Jókai
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18:25 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The unlucky weathercock (1849), by Maurus Jókai
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12:22 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Kossuth's farewell (1849)
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5:57 |
Read by Sonia |
The salt mines of Wieliczka (1850), by Bayard Taylor
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12:09 |
Read by ToddHW |
Austria-Hungary Part V: Stories and poems of Bohemia, Hungary, and the Tyrol: H…
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1:31 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
The dog and the wolf, a Bohemian folk-tale, retold by Theodor Vernaleken
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7:29 |
Read by April6090 |
The poor man and the king of the crows, a Magyar folk-tale, retold by Jeremiah …
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21:39 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
St. Kümmerniss, a legend of the Tyrol
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5:39 |
Read by Nemo |
The legend of St. Kümmerniss, by François Joseph Heim (French artist, 1787-1865…
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1:22 |
Read by Nemo |
Stories of the gypsies
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12:42 |
Read by April6090 |
Two Magyar poems
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5:09 |
Read by Foon |
A Csikos race, by Alexander Wagner (Hungarian artist, 1838), painting p. 408
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2:02 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
The Balkan States: Historical note
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3:22 |
Read by Nemo |
Marko and the Turks (fifteenth century), an old Servian ballad
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7:21 |
Read by Sonia |
Montenegro, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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2:01 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
An attack on the Bashi-Bazouks (1907), by Arthur D. Howden Smith
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28:36 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Herzegovinians returning to a village sacked by the Bashi-Bazouks, by Jaroslav …
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2:24 |
Read by Nemo |
The siege of Adrianople (1912), by Philip Gibbs
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8:45 |
Read by April6090 |
The flight from Lule-Burgas (1912), by Bernard Grant
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19:07 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Turkey Part I: To the capture of Constantinople: Historical note
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3:04 |
Read by Kristine Bekere |
Constantinople, a city built to order (fourth century), by Edward Gibbon
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11:40 |
Read by Kristine Bekere |
The coming of the comet (1402), by Maurus Jókai
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19:16 |
Read by ToddHW |
Scanderbeg (about 1450), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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7:29 |
Read by cathar maiden |
The fall of Constantinople (1453), by Edward Gibbon
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15:51 |
Read by Kristine Bekere |
Turkey Part II: Turkey at the height of her power: Historical note
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2:35 |
Read by Kristine Bekere |
The tribute of children, by Anonymous
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6:06 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
The little Janizary (about 1453), by James M. Ludlow
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19:04 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The surrender of Rhodes (1522), by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine
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11:28 |
Read by realisticspeakers |
A visit to the wife of Solyman the Magnificent (sixteenth century), translated …
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3:34 |
Read by Sonia |
Dining with the Sultana (1718), by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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7:58 |
Read by April6090 |
Turkey Part III: The sick man of Europe: Historical note
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2:31 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
The last of the Janizaries (1826), by Maurus Jókai
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19:28 |
Read by realisticspeakers |
The muezzin, by Jean Léon Gérôme (French artist, 1824-1904), painting p. 528
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2:54 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
''The House of Fear'' (1908), by Francis McCullagh
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21:19 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The silent army (1909), by Francis McCullagh
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11:03 |
Read by Nemo |
Turkey Part IV: Turkish stories: Historical note
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1:04 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
''The lamb bolted'', a legend of Turkish justice
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6:20 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
Stories of Nasr-Eddin Hoja
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6:14 |
Read by TJ Burns |
A Turkish friendship (eighteenth century), by Cheliby Yorgaki
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9:34 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Turkey Part V: Stories of Turkish life and customs: Historical note
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1:47 |
Read by Foon |
The first telegraph in Turkey (1854), by Sir J. William Whittall
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2:32 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
Choosing a wife for the son, by Lucy M. J. Garnett
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4:30 |
Read by thestorygirl |
''Protestant bread'', by Cyrus Hamlin, D. D.
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7:03 |
Read by Foon |
The dancing dervishes, by Julia Pardoe
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11:18 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
Ceremony of dervishes at Scutari, by Albert Aublet (French artist, 1851), paint…
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1:44 |
Read by Sonia |
A Turkish ''What for ?'', by Demetra Vaka
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8:02 |
Read by Sonia |