The History of Russia Podcast · Damon Boar

Episode 97 - You’re going up and I’m going down

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Any news from court? Potemkin asked eagerly. No, not really, replied Orlov - except you're going up, and I'm coming down.

Episode 97 of the History of Russia podcast covers the tumultuous personal life of Catherine the Great from 1772-1775, tracing the fall of her long-time favourite Grigory Orlov, her brief unsatisfying affair with Vasilchikov, and the dramatic rise of Grigory Potemkin through calculated monastery withdrawal and political maneuvering. The episode also covers Orlov's sad decline after purchasing the famous Orlov Diamond and the beginning of Nikita Panin's waning influence.

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