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The Invention Of... Episodes

    The First EmperorChina

    1/4 Misha Glenny on where China came from and what it is now.

    A Balancing ActTurkey

    3/3 Misha Glenny on the birth of Turkey from the ruins of the old Ottoman Empire in 1923.

    The MilitaryTurkey

    2/3 East versus west, secular versus religious, how the empire came to the point of collapse.

    The Ottomans: East or WestTurkey

    1/3 Misha Glenny in Istanbul on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.

    The Sacred Song of WarRussia

    4/4 Misha Glenny on Russia and defensive war.

    Catherine the Great and the Question of EuropeRussia

    3/4 The Bear moves west.

    The Empire Strikes BackRussia

    2/4 How little Moscow expanded into the biggest country in the world.

    A Tale of Two IvansRussia

    1/4 What is Russia and where did it come from? Misha Glenny presents.

    Stalin on One Side, Hitler From the LeftPoland

    3/3 In August 1939, the Russians and the Germans agreed to slice Poland up.

    A Nation Without a StatePoland

    2/3 For 123 years Poland was divided between Russia, Prussia and Austria - how did it survive?

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