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Historical Tales, Volume VIII: Russian

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These Russian tales span the time of Russia's founding in the 800s-900s all the way to the early twentieth century and are factually based, although particularly the older tales have become legendary. ( DrPGould) (9 hr 6 min)

Chapters

The Ancient Scythians

14:18

Read by Kalynda

Oleg the Varangian

10:26

Read by Kalynda

The Vengeance of Queen Olga

11:00

Read by Kalynda

Vladimir the Great

18:18

Read by Kalynda

The Lawgiver of Russia

12:12

Read by Kalynda

The Yoke of the Tartars

9:13

Read by Kalynda

The Victory of the Don

6:47

Read by Kalynda

Ivan, the First of the Czars

6:13

Read by Kalynda

The Fall of Novgorod the Great

14:59

Read by Kalynda

Ivan the Terrible

8:31

Read by Kalynda

The Conquest of Siberia

7:32

Read by Kalynda

The Macbeth of Russia

24:35

Read by Kalynda

The Era of Impostors

12:49

Read by Kalynda

The Book of Ancestry

5:34

Read by Kalynda

The Boyhood of Peter the Great

13:09

Read by Kalynda

Carpenter Peter of Zaandam

16:51

Read by Linda Johnson

The Fall of Strelitz

18:40

Read by Linda Johnson

The Crusade Against Beards and Cloaks

10:37

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Mazeppa, the Cossack Chief

10:31

Read by tovarisch

A Window Open to Europe

18:58

Read by Linda Johnson

From the Hovel to the Throne

17:02

Read by Linda Johnson

Buffooneries of the Russian Court

15:26

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

How a Woman Dethroned a Man

16:58

Read by DrPGould

A Struggle for a Throne

13:15

Read by Linda Johnson

The Flight of the Kalmucks

35:56

Read by Linda Johnson

A Magical Transformation Scene

9:42

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

Kosciusko and the Fall of Poland

8:19

Read by DrPGould

Suwarrow the Unconquerable

16:48

Read by pmstrahm

The Retreat of Napoleon's Grand Army

11:28

Read by pmstrahm

The Death-Struggle of Poland

16:30

Read by pmstrahm

Schamyl, the Hero of Circassia

15:09

Read by pmstrahm

The Charge of the Light Brigade

14:18

Read by Larry Wilson

The Fall of Sebastopol

15:21

Read by Linda Johnson

At the Gates of Constantinople

12:59

Read by DrPGould

The Nihilists and Their Work

11:41

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

The Advance of Russia in Asia

16:57

Read by Colleen McMahon

The Railroad in Turkestan

12:37

Read by Colleen McMahon

An Escape from the Mines of Siberia

15:18

Read by Colleen McMahon

The Sea Fight in the Waters of Japan

19:14

Read by Larry Wilson