The Soviet Who Saved the World (ft. Alex from History Impossible)

30/04/2024 Curonian 0
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The Soviet Who Saved the World (ft. Alex from History Impossible)
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While I was in Texas, enjoying the honeymoon I knew I had to record stuff, because the show won’t wait for me, but I did […]

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Hero of all Mankind. Stanislav Petrov.

07/04/2024 Curonian 0
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Greetings, Comrades! I’m gettinng married in a few hours. And on this special day, I wanted to give you a bit of a throwback, Soviet […]

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Free Delivery

22/01/2022 Curonian 1
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Greetings, Comrades! As we promised to Bob, here’s our episode on the postal service of the USSR. This was a huge subject and we had […]

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Ekranoplans – part 1

31/08/2021 Curonian 0
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Greetings, Comrades! In this episode, we look at the weirdest and most amazing Soviet achievement in transportation technology, the Ekranoplan! Notably, the caspian sea monster. […]

History of Computing: USSR edition

11/08/2021 Curonian 1
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Greetings, Comrades! Today, we’re looking at the weird and interesting history of computers and cybernetics as it were in the Soviet Union. Because now and […]

Tank series – The outliers

18/07/2021 Curonian 0
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Greetings, Comrades! This week, we return to the tank series once again, and we look at the…well…REALLY WEIRD ONE’S. With very little information to go […]

Tukhachevsky and the BT’s

26/03/2021 Curonian 0
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Greetings, Comrades! Today’s episode is all about the BT tanks and the insane, neo-pagan, kind-of-a-bolshevik madman, Red Army Marshall who was behind their introduction in […]

IS tanks – Stalin of Steel

12/03/2021 Curonian 0
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Greetings, Comrades! This time, from a cow farm. But that doesn’t stop me, so have another tank episode, this time about the Iosif Stalin tank […]

The Purple Mummy (Anatoly Dneprov, 1965)

31/03/2020 Curonian 1
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And as promised, I bring you some very Soviet Sci-Fi! More to come, especially if you’ll join our patreon. Enjoy! (We’re even using the old […]

Home Improvement. Soviet Style.

11/01/2020 Curonian 0
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We wanted to start this year with something positive. And…we sort of did. Because this is one of those back to the roots, people’s stories […]