A Short History of Russia: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Short History of Russia, credited to Lucy Cazalet, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Short History of Russia by Lucy Cazalet. Read in English by VioletBleu A Short History of Russia by Lucy Cazalet is a helpful introduction to the people, places, and events that shaped Russia, the largest country in the world. While covering the bullet points of Russian history, the author expands to greater detail when talking about the people whose ideas and victories became the backbone of Russian culture and politics. The timeline of this book is the 9th century A.D. to 1906, when the country's first State Parliament (Duma or Дума) opened, but before the last Romanov Tsar, Nicholas II, was executed, and Revolution swept the entire country. (summary by VioletBleu)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Short History of Russia
• Author credits: Lucy Cazalet
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 2:09:00

Catalogue topics

• monarchy
• Russian history
• tsars
• russian military

Track guide

1. 01 - The Slavs — 3:23
2. 02 - The Origin of Russia — 6:08
3. 03 - Vladimir and His Successors — 7:32
4. 04 - The Rise of the Princedom of Suzdal and of Novgorod the Great — 7:25
5. 05 - The Tartar Invasion — 3:50
6. 06 - Alexander Nevski, Daniel of Galich, and the Rise of Moscow — 5:13
7. 07 - Dmitri Donskoi — 3:17
8. 08 - The Downfall of Novgorod and the End of the Tartar Supremacy — 4:39
9. 09 - Vasili III, 1505-33; Ivan IV, 1533-84 — 9:49
10. 10 - Feodor Ivanovich, 1584-98 — 3:45
11. 11 - Boris Godunov, 1598-1605; The False Dmitri, 1605-6 — 5:51
12. 12 - Vasili Shuiski, 1606-10 — 5:47
13. 13 - The First Romanov: Michael Feodorovich, 1612-45 — 4:52
14. 14 - Alexei Mikhailovich, 1645-76 — 5:14
15. 15 - Feodor Alexeyevich, 1676-82; Ivan V, 1682-96; Peter I, the Great,1682-1725 — 11:43
16. 16 - Catherine I, 1725-7; Peter II, 1727-1730; Anne, 1730-40 — 3:37
17. 17 - Ivan VI, 1740-1; Elizabeth, 1741-61; Peter III, 1761-2 — 3:23
18. 18 - Catherine II, 1762-96 — 7:44
19. 19 - Paul I, 1796-1801 — 2:48
20. 20 - Alexander I, 1801-25 — 6:32
21. 21 - Nicholas I, 1825-55 — 6:16
22. 22 - Alexander II, 1855-81 — 7:17
23. 23 - Alexander III, 1881-1894; Nicolas II, 1894- — 2:56

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