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Russia, The Drive To EmpireEpisodes

  1. The Drive to Empire - Part Five

    Perestroika has unleashed a wave of nationalism among Soviet republics.

  2. The Drive to Empire - Part Six

    Will perestroika lead to the disintegration of the Soviet Union?

  3. The Drive to Empire - Part Four

    Communism wiped away the empire of the Tzars to create the Soviet Union.

  4. The Drive to Empire - Part Three

    The post-Napoleonic War years fuelled Alexander I's ambitions eastwards and in Europe.

  5. The Drive To Empire - Part Two

    Peter the Great was a larger-than-life pragmatist who made use of diplomacy.

  6. The Drive To Empire - Part One

    Ivan the Great's expansionist ambitions created the beginnings of the Russian empire.