53 episodes
How to Invent a Country BBC Radio 4
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- History
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4.8 • 206 Ratings
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When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
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Turkey - Ottoman or Turk
A bonus episode with Hannah Lucinda Smith, Christopher de Bellaigue and Misha Glenny
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Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act
Ep 3 - How the republic of Turkey emerged from the ruins of World War One
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Turkey - The Military and Decline
EP 2 - The Invention of Turkey and slow decline of the empire from the siege of Vienna
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Turkey - The Ottomans: East or West
Ep1 - Istanbul and Mehmet the Conqueror. Misha Glenny on the birth of the Ottoman empire
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Russia - A Tale of Two Ivans
Ep 1 The Invention of Russia ... told from a time when it was still very small
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Russia - the Empire Strikes Back
Ep 2 - The Invention of Russia and the expansion east to Siberia, west into Ukraine
Customer Reviews
Tails of how nation states and empires came to be
Detailed information on each state came to be and how each interacted with their citizens and neighbouring state. Giving amazing insights into todays world
Just wow!
Brilliantly entertaining, full of remarkable history and so very thought provoking. Top notch!
Don’t you dare stop!
Seriously addictive…