10.50- The Holy Man

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📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Welcome to another episode of "History in Slow German." Today, we will be discussing the fascinating history of St. Petersburg, Russia, a city that has undergone several name changes, each reflecting significant political and historical shi ...  Show more

How did an illiterate peasant from Siberia find himself dining with an Emperor? Did Rasputin really have magical healing powers or was he a cunning fraud? And what exactly earned him his shocking nickname?Producer: Sasha Bobak Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios produc ...  Show more

You've always had a secret affinity for borscht, and a secret compulsion to buy nesting dolls at neighborhood garage sales. Enter this lesson, where we transport you to the land that gave us Zhivago, caviar, perogie-making babushkas (bless their souls), and huge fur hat sp ...

A square, you say? Touring a rectangle seems a little more stimulating, perhaps? This is not just any four-sided box. This is the center of Beijing. A place full of history and full of people. Now it's so big, you may just stumble across it, but we're thinking you migh ...