R P GibsonWas Joseph Stalin a Double Agent Spy For The Tsar’s Secret Police?Before he was the brutal Soviet dictator, he may have been supplying information to the intelligence agencyOct 26, 2021Oct 26, 2021
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonThe 1812 Invasion of Russia: The Burning of Moscow and The Fall of NapoleonIn the summer France’s Grande Armee marched on Moscow, but by winter the few who survived were running for their livesOct 17, 20214Oct 17, 20214
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonWe Should All Be Celebrating Napoleon BonaparteA look at why we don’t, and the lies that formed his legacyOct 30, 20208Oct 30, 20208
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonEvery Romanov Tsar RankedRanking the rulers of 300+ years of Russian Empire dynastyNov 14, 20201Nov 14, 20201
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonThe Infamous Cod WarsHow two peacetime allies went to war over fishNov 16, 2020Nov 16, 2020
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonRussia’s Time of TroublesThe succession crisis that preceded the Romanov dynastyNov 17, 20201Nov 17, 20201
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonThe Life and Murder of Grigori RasputinThe rise and fall of the mystic holy manDec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonThe Final Days of the RomanovsThe abdication, arrest and murder of a dynastyDec 15, 20201Dec 15, 20201
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonHere Lies Joy: The Dog That SurvivedThe remarkable story of the sole survivor of the Romanov murdersJan 6, 20212Jan 6, 20212
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonHistory Should Remember the “Mad Monk” IliodorThe remarkable life of Rasputin’s biggest opponentJan 15, 20211Jan 15, 20211
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonWhat’s With All These Russian Imposters?The strange and long history of pretenders to the Russian throneJan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
R P GibsonHaemophilia in the Royal FamilyHow the blood disease shaped the history of EuropeFeb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonRussia’s Emancipation of SerfdomThe long and complicated history of the reliance on serfdom, and slow attempts to break from itMar 15, 20211Mar 15, 20211
InExploring HistorybyR P GibsonHistory Should Remember Prince Felix YusupovThe life of the complicated man who murdered Rasputin and changed Russia foreverJun 5, 2021Jun 5, 2021
InExploring HistorybyR P Gibson8 Things Worth Knowing About Russian HistoryWhat to expect when reading Russian history, and what makes it stand out from the restOct 13, 2021Oct 13, 2021