The CompassThe Invention Of RussiaEpisodes Episode guide

Back up to: The Compass

1. The sacred song of war

   The legacy of the great patriotic wars against Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte
2. Catherine the Great and the question of Europe

   How Catherine the Great extended Russian influence south and west
3. The Invention of Russia: The empire strikes back

   Misha Glenny looks at the development of Russia.
4. The invention of Russia: A tale of two Ivans

   Misha Glenny on early Moscow before the Russian Empire