When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
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Episodes
At the beginning of 2024 the president of the Chinese People's Republic, Xi Jinping, claimed people living on both sides... more
The Long March, the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
The end of the Qing and the troubled birth of the republic under Dr Sun Yat-sen
Find out how the world's greatest civilisation found itself dragged into two opium wars
Misha Glenny and Miles Warde head east to find out what is China and where it came from?
A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha Glenny
Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War One
EP 2 - The Invention of Turkey and slow decline of the empire from the siege of Vienna
Ep1 - Istanbul and Mehmet the Conqueror. Misha Glenny on the birth of the Ottoman empire
Ep 4 - The Invention of Russia, presented by Misha Glenny and produced by Miles Warde
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