To honor the memory of the journalist and writer Dimitris Triantafyllidis, who passed away a few days ago, skai.gr collected and presents four radio broadcasts in which the well-known historian talks about the “World of the Russians”.

We are transported to the period of formation of the Russian state, from the 15th to the 17th century. Ivan III and Ivan the Terrible are among the main figures who play a decisive role in the unification of the Russian principalities under Moscow. After submission to the Golden Horde, the Russians form a centralized state apparatus with military and administrative reforms, introducing for the first time a salary for officials and an organized army.

Ivan the Terrible proceeds to create the Kremlin and establishes an authoritarian model of power, which includes institutions such as the “Duma” and his mercenary personal guard. Through political strife, raids, and emerging institutions, Russia began to transform itself into an empire, following a model of power that deeply influenced modern Russian politics.

Described and narrated by the historian Dimitris Triantafyllidis
Presentation: Aris Portosalte
Production – Editing: Jeni Poupoulidou