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Episode Three: Eastern Ambitions

The Age of Napoleon Podcast

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The Rise of the Russian Empire

By the 1790s, Russian officers and men were experienced. Incompetent leaders had been weeded out. Under Catherine, Russia fought a war with Persia, two with the Ottomans. Sweden was one of the first places in Europe to embrace absolutist principles.

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