Russia: The 'Evil Empire': From the Golden Horde to the Modern War

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

🎧 Russia: The “Evil Empire” – From the Golden Horde to the Modern War takes you on an unforgettable journey through centuries of conquest, propaganda, and imperial obsession.

This bold audiobook — the third volume in the acclaimed Epicenters of Global Politics series — reveals how Russia’s current war on Ukraine is not an anomaly, but the continuation of a centuries-old imperial project. From the Mongol-Tatar legacy of the Golden Horde to the myth of Kyivan Rus’, from Ivan the Terrible to Vladimir Putin, you’ll hear the story of how authoritarianism, expansionism, and cultural appropriation became the very foundation of Russian power.

📌 As you listen, you’ll discover:


- How Muscovy rose through collaboration with the Mongol-Tatar Horde
- Why the name “Russia” was a political invention of Peter the Great
- The myth of “shared Slavic brotherhood” and the false narrative of Kyivan Rus’
- How today’s Kremlin ideology revives old imperial dogmas to justify war and occupation
- The unbroken arc of autocracy — connecting Ivan IV directly to Putin’s 21st-century aggression

🔥 This is not just history — it is the key to understanding today’s most urgent geopolitical crisis.

👉 “Russia: The Evil Empire” is an essential audiobook for anyone who wants to grasp the roots of Russia’s aggression and its dangerous challenge to the modern world.