Poland

Obliterated from the map

Misha Glenny on how Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine were wiped from the map.

• 28 mins

Poland

A nation without a state

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

• 28 mins

Poland

Stalin on one side, Hitler from the left

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

• 28 mins

Russia

A Tale of Two Ivans

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

• 28 mins

Russia

The Empire Strikes Back

How little Moscow expanded into the biggest country in the world.

• 28 mins

Russia

Catherine the Great and the question of Europe

The Bear moves west.

• 28 mins

Russia

The sacred song of war

Misha Glenny on Russia and defensive war.

• 28 mins

Turkey

The Ottomans - East or West

Misha Glenny in Istanbul on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic

• 28 mins

Turkey

The Military

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

• 28 mins

Turkey

A Balancing Act

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

• 28 mins

China

The First Emperor

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

• 42 mins

China

To kowtow or not kowtow

Misha Glenny and producer Miles Warde head to Hong Kong.

• 42 mins

China

Imperial Collapse

Misha Glenny on the end of the Qing, and what happened next.

• 42 mins

China

The life and times of Chairman Mao

Misha Glenny completes our travels round China with the story of Chairman Mao

• 42 mins