{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64ccf838a514e9001102ba2a/69e877ad23929c3a2a7e852e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 103  - Villages, Partitions, and Revolution. ","description":"<p>Today we are going to zoom in on that period just after the dust had settled — roughly 1792 onwards — and have a look at what Russia looked like from a geopolitical standpoint </p><p><br></p><p>We'll also be talking about a man, sadly for the last time, who had become one of the titans of Russian History. Grigory Potemkin.&nbsp;(in a way I'm glad because for some strange reason my pronunciation of his name was inconsistent to say the least)</p><p><br></p><p>And then we'll be spending some time with a general who, if you remember from the last episode, had won every major battle that he had been involved in - Alexander Suvorov. Which for the Polish/Lithuanian commonwealth would spell even more disaster.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>And finally, we’ll take a quick peek at what was going on in France where the Ancien Regime was being turned upside down and what Catherine’s thought about it all.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Damon Boar"}