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Episode 9, Part I: The Russian Flag: Tsars and the Third Rome

1h 7m · Why the Flag? · 22 Aug 22:06

Part I of II. How did the backwater Duchy of Moscow rise to become one of the largest land empires in history and claim the legacy of the Byzantine Empire? This is the surprising true story of the white, blue, and red imperial tricolor flag of Russia – and the Tsar’s "Third Rome." 862AD–1917.

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