In tonight's story, I take you on another train journey and we explore the history of the Trans-Siberian. I also tell you about the history of Russia the Slavs, from the Late Antiquity to the Russian Revolution (I keep the 20th Century for another story about the USSR). A Night on the Orient Express: • ASMR - A Night on the Orient Express and H... Credits: script and narration by the French Whisperer, visuals by the French Whisperer, under Wikipedia Commons, or under web licence from Panthermedia. **************************************************** Music streaming platforms: look up on your favourite site, I am probably on it and the library of available stories is growing every week! My Facebook page: / thefrenchwhispererasmr Patreon: your contribution is very welcome. I use it to buy props for videos, books, and pay the bills! Patrons can also download videos in HD, or audio only, access special surveys and listen to my stories as podcasts. / thefrenchwhisperer Twitter: @FrenchWhisperer Paypal account: on the front page of my channel or https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... **************************************************** Timestamps: 0:00 Night Train 3:33 The Russians in Siberia 8:10 Russian Railroads, the Crimean War 10:12 The Trans-Siberian Project 11:42 The Slavs 15:02 Kievan Rus' 18:19 The Construction 21:52 Perm and Yekaterinburg 26:06 Irkoutsk and Vladivostok 30:21 The Novgorod Republic 33:24 The Third Rome 35:59 Ivan The Terrible 40:01 Livonian War and Time of Troubles 43:42 The Cossacks 50:43 Peter The Great 57:09 Empresses of the 18th Century 1:00:26 Napoleonic Wars 1:04:30 1812 and the Congress of Vienna 1:07:41 19th Century Struggles to the Revolution 1:11:35 Conclusion (+Train Sounds to the End)
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