350 ЛЕТ ВОЙНЫ: Как 12 войн с Турцией создали Российскую ИМПЕРИЮ.

   • Поворотные моменты истории: Битвы и событи...   In 1453, the fall of Constantinople marked the birth of the mighty Ottoman Empire. At the same time, in the north, the Tsardom of Muscovy was shaking off its yoke and proclaiming itself the Third Rome. No one could have imagined that these two events would lay the foundation for one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts in history—a 350-year saga of the struggle between two civilizations, two religions, and two imperial ambitions. This is the story of twelve wars, in the crucible of which Russia fought its way to warmer seas, while the Great Porte slowly retreated south. IN THIS STORY, YOU WILL LEARN: *FROM CRIMEAN RAIDS TO THE DREAM OF PETER THE GREAT.* We will travel through centuries of the "little war" with the Crimean Khanate, the Porte's main vassal, whose raids for "human goods" bled Rus' dry. We will also see how Peter I, having built a fleet in a single winter, first breached the Ottoman fortress, taking Azov, but later suffered a humiliating disaster on the Prut River. *CATHERINE'S GOLDEN AGE: THE CONQUEST OF CRIMEA AND THE DEFEAT OF THE PORTE.* Meet a galaxy of great military leaders—Rumyantsev, Suvorov, Ushakov. Witness the incredible victories at Kagul and Chesma, where the entire Turkish fleet was destroyed, and the legendary assault on impregnable Izmail. And learn how Crimea was conquered forever and Sevastopol founded. *THROWING THE BALKANS TO DISASTER: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR.* We will trace how the Russian army, for the first time in history, crossed the Balkan Mountains and approached the walls of Constantinople. And then we will see how dizzying success turned into humiliating defeat in the Crimean War, when all of Europe rose up against Russia, and the heroic defense of Sevastopol became a symbol of both glory and tragic backwardness. *THE LAST THROW: THE LIBERATION OF THE SLAVS AND THE BITTERNESS OF THE BERLIN CONGRESS.* Immerse yourself in the last great war of two empires. The heroic epic of Shipka and Plevna, the brilliant victories of General Skobelev, and the liberation of Bulgaria. And discover why the triumph of Russian arms, paid for with rivers of blood, was nullified by the European powers at the Congress of Berlin. Join us to trace the entire path of this grandiose epic, which forever changed the map of Europe and determined the destinies of dozens of nations at the crossroads of two worlds. Lectures for Sleep, Bedtime Stories, Stories for Sleep