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Beneath the Red Star

Beneath the Red Star

By: Kyle G
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Do you want to learn more about Russia, its history, its peoples, its culture, and its politics? Do you not want to read long, dense, historical books and would rather leave that for some other schmuck instead? If you do, then I have the perfect podcast for you. Beneath the Red Star is a Russian history podcast intended to be easy to understand, conversational in tone and only a wee little bit rambly. Come with me every-other week as we go through, in no particular order, the history of the worlds largest country, the home of Communism and Kalashnikov, the country beneath the red star: Russia.Kyle G World
Episodes
  • St. Petersburg: The Window to the West
    Jan 21 2026

    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

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    33 mins
  • Women in the Red Army: The Night Witches
    Apr 23 2025

    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/



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    28 mins
  • The Legacy of Catherine the Great
    Mar 19 2025

    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.

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    22 mins
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