History of Russia in Stories for Children

35 hrs. 12 min.

Language Russian

Author Alexandra Ishimova

Narrator Stanislav Fedosov

Description

Aleksandra Osipovna Ishimova (1805–1881) is a talented children’s writer and a historian.

In 1834, Ishimova began writing “The History of Russia in Stories for Children,” using Karamzin’s work and some other historical sources. The book was published in parts from 1837 to 1840 and received enthusiastic responses from contemporaries, including Pushkin, Pletnev, Grot, and Belinsky.

Ishimova’s work is rightfully considered the best presentation of Russian history for children. Written engagingly and accessibly, this book is ideal for a child’s first acquaintance with Russia’s past. Educational stories about events from more than a thousand years of history—from the first Russian princes to the Patriotic War of 1812—will captivate both the very youngest listeners, schoolchildren, and adults.

Contents

Part I. From the ancient Slavs to Vasily the Dark (1462) —

01_01 - The Slavs (up to 862 of the Christian era)
01_02 - The beginning of the Russian state and the first Russian rulers (802–944)
01_03 - Saint Olga (945–955)
01_04 - Grand Prince Sviatoslav I (955–972)
01_05 - Sons of Sviatoslav (972–980)
01_06 - The Baptism of the Russian people (980–988)
01_07 - The death of Saint Vladimir the Holy (988–1014)
01_08 - Unthankfulness (1015–1019)
01_09 - Grand Prince Yaroslav I Vladimirovich (1019–1054)
01_10 - The magicians (1054–1077)
01_11 - Quarrels among the princes (1077–1097)
01_12 - Congresses of princes (1097–1113)
01_13 - Vladimir Monomakh (1113–1125)
01_14 - The Olegovichi and the Monomakhovichi (1125–1147)
01_15 - The beginning of Moscow (1146–1155)
01_16 - The willfulness of the Novgorodians (1155–1167)
01_17 - The new Grand Principality of Suzdal, or of Vladimir (1167–1173)
01_18 - The killing of Andrei Bogolyubsky (1174)
01_19 - Grand Prince Mikhail Georgievich (1174–1176)
01_20 - Accession of Grand Prince Vsevolod III (1176–1178)
01_21 - The first Russian poem (1178–1185)
01_22 - The Lithuanians and German knights (1185–1200)
01_23 - Volhynian Roman and the Galician Principality (1200–1212)
01_24 - Mstislav Mstislavich the Brave, Prince of Novgorod (1212–1219)
01_25 - The invasion of the Tatars (1219–1238)
01_26 - Conquered Russia (1238–1243)
01_27 - Saint Alexander Nevsky (1243–1263)
01_28 - Grand Prince Yaroslav III and Lithuanian princes (1263–1272)
01_29 - Children of Alexander Nevsky (1272–1304)
01_30 - The death of Saint Martyr and Grand Prince Mikhail I (1304–1319)
01_31 - Revenge (1319–1328)
01_32 - Ivan Kalita and Moscow, capital of Russia (1328–1340)
01_33 - Saint Metropolitan Alexy (1340–1359)
01_34 - Russian children (1359–1362)
01_35 - The Battle on the Don, or the Battle of Kulikovo (1362–1388)
01_36 - Moscow’s new misfortune and the raids of the Novgorodians (1380–1388)
01_37 - The magnanimity of Prince Vladimir the Brave (1389)
01_38 - The faith and piety of the Russians (1389–1395)
01_39 - Two cunning enemies (1395–1425)
01_40 - A quarrel at the wedding of Grand Prince Vasily III (1425–1433)
01_41 - Dmitry Shemyaka (1433–1446)
01_42 - The last years of the reign of Vasily the Dark (1446–1462)

Part II. From Ivan III (1462) to the first Romanovs (1682)

02_01 - Grand Prince Ivan III and the Greek princess Sophia (1462–1472)
02_02 - The final subjugation of Novgorod (1472–1478)
02_03 - Liberated Russia (1478–1480)
02_04 - A new condition of Russia (1480–1498)
02_05 - Two heirs to the throne (1498–1505)
02_06 - The conquest of Pskov and the final destruction of appanages (1505–1523)
02_07 - Customs and ways of the Russians under Vasily IV (1523–1533)
02_08 - Ruler Elena and Prince Tepepnyev (1533–1538)
02_09 - Childhood and first youth of Ivan IV (1538–1546)
02_10 - A marvelous change (1547)
02_11 - The Cossacks (1547–1552)
02_12 - The conquest of the kingdom of Kazan (1552)
02_13 - The glory of Ivan IV and the death of Anastasia (1552–1560)
02_14 - The Oprichniki and the Alexandrovskaya Sloboda (1560–1569)
02_15 - The weakness of Russia (1569–1582)
02_16 - Yermak, conqueror of Siberia (1582–1584)
02_17 - The death of Ivan the Terrible (1584)
02_18 - A new tsar and his favorite (1584–1591)
02_19 - Uglich and the last descendant of Rurik (1591–1597)
02_20 - Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1597–1600)
02_21 - The tormenting life of a murderer (1600–1603)
02_22 - The impostor (1603–1605)
02_23 - The Poles in Moscow (1605–1606)
02_24 - The death of the impostor (1606)
02_25 - The unfortunate reign of Shuisky (1606–1610)
02_26 - Prince Mikhail Vasilyevich Skopin-Shuisky (1609–1610)
02_27 - The interregnum (1610–1613)
02_28 - Ivan Susanin and his descendants (1613)
02_29 - The modesty of the Romanovs (1613–1619)
02_30 - Tsaritsa Evdokiya (1619–1626)
02_31 - Continuation of the reign of Mikhail Fyodorovich and his death (1626–1645)
02_32 - Boyarin Morozov and popular uprisings (1645–1649)
02_33 - Patriarch Nikon (1649–1654)
02_34 - Little Russia and Bohdan Khmelnitsky (1654–1667)
02_35 - The greatness of Alexey’s soul (1667–1670)
02_36 - The birth of Peter I (1670–1676)
02_37 - Tsar Fyodor Alekseyevich (1676–1682)

Part III. From Peter I (1682) to Anna Leopoldovna (1741)

03_01 - Peter, the decade-old Tsar of Russia (1682)
03_02 - Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna and the Streltsy (1682–1688)
03_03 - Peter, sole ruler of Russia (1689)
03_04 - The beginning of the Russian navy and Peter’s first victory (1689–1697)
03_05 - Peter’s journey to foreign lands and the last streltsy uprising (1697–1700)
03_06 - New customs and war with Sweden (1698–1703)
03_07 - A new capital, new fortresses and harbors (1703–1708)
03_08 - The traitor Mazepa and the Battle of Poltava (1708–1710)
03_09 - Tsaritsa Ekaterina (1710–1712)
03_10 - Petersburg festivities and entertainments (1712–1717)
03_11 - Peter’s new journey to foreign lands and Tsarevich Alexey (1717–1719)
03_12 - Peace with Sweden and Peter-the-Emperor (1719–1722)
03_13 - Peter’s last campaigns and affairs (1722–1725)
03_14 - The death of Peter the Great (1725)
03_15 - Empress Catherine I (1725–1727)
03_16 - Peter II and Prince Menshikov (1727–1728)
03_17 - Dolgorukiy (1728–1730)
03_18 - Empress Anna Ioannovna (1730)
03_19 - Biron (1731–1733)
03_20 - Wars with Poland and Turkey (1732–1739)
03_21 - The court of Empress Anna (1739–1740)
03_22 - Emperor John and his regent (1740)
03_23 - Ruler Anna Leopoldovna (1740–1741)

Part IV. From Elizabeth (1741) to Catherine II (1796)

04_01 - Empress Elizabeth (1741)
04_02 - The instability of happiness (1741–1742)
04_03 - The heir to the throne and his spouse (1742–1745)
04_04 - The condition of Europe during the reign of Empress Elizabeth (1745–1756)
04_05 - War with Prussia and the death of the empress (1756–1762)
04_06 - Emperor Peter III (1762)
04_07 - The first five years of Catherine II’s reign (1762–1767)
04_08 - Catherine and her enemies (1767–1772)
04_09 - The plague and Pugachev (1772–1775)
04_10 - The triumph of peace with Turkey and the establishment of governorates (1775)
04_11 - Armed neutrality, or Catherine’s new glory (1775–1780)
04_12 - Prince Potemkin-Tavricheskiy (1780–1786)
04_13 - The Crimean Peninsula and the empress’s journey (1787)
04_14 - War with Turkey and Suvorov (1787–1790)
04_15 - War and peace with Sweden (1790)
04_16 - Potemkin’s death and peace with Turkey (1790–1792)
04_17 - Poland (1792–1795)
04_18 - The death of Catherine (1796)

Part V. From Paul I (1796) to Alexander I (1825)

05_01 - Emperor Paul I (1796–1797)
05_02 - Empress Maria
05_03 - Russians in Italy and Switzerland (1797–1801)
05_04 - The state of Europe in the first four years of Emperor Alexander I’s reign (1801–1805)
05_05 - Wars with France and the Treaty of Tilsit (1805–1808)
05_06 - Finland (1808–1810)
05_07 - New successes of the Russians in military and civil affairs (1810–1812)
05_08 - The Patriotic War (1812)
05_09 - Alexander in Paris (1813–1815)
05_10 - Congress in Vienna (1815)
05_11 - The last ten years of Alexander I’s reign (1815–1825)