# Rise of the Rus Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571/rise-of-the-rus Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571/rise-of-the-rus.md Podcast: [Between the Seas: A Central European History](https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571) Published: 2025-07-07T11:00:31+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/between-the-seas-history-of-central-europe/2103975 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/300185/2103975/between-the-seas-history-of-central-europe/2025_07_07_04_56_49_1c1ddd08-8753-4681-9d9c-15eeb8f8c366.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571/episodes/rise-of-the-rus Duration seconds: 2646 ## Resource New episodes every Monday! Have a question or comment? Contact me at BetweentheSeas@zohomail.com Sources Intro: Zachary Wheeler and Nathaniel Scarborough, " Hej, Sokoły" folk tune Outro: Antonín Dvořák, Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 (London Symphony Orchestra 1960) Schmidt, Knud Rahbek. The Social Structure of Russia in the Early Middle Ages. University of Aarhus. 1960. Nicolle, David. McBride, Angus. Armies of Medieval Russia 750-1250 . Osprey Publishing, 1984. Stefanovich, Petr. The Political Organization of the Rus in the 10th Century . Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas. 2016. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571/episodes/rise-of-the-rus/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/between-the-seas-a-central-european-history-7091571/rise-of-the-rus.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.