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Radio 4,11 Apr 2022,28 mins

SeriesPoland

Stalin on One Side, Hitler From the Left

The Invention Of...

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Misha Glenny on the extraordinary history of Poland - includes the Miracle on the Vistula in 1920, the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, and how Solidarity set in motion the Soviet Union's collapse. Recorded on location in Warsaw, Krakow and Zamosc, with contributions from Professor Norman Davies and Olesya Khromechuk of the Ukrainian Instititute. The image shows the Warsaw Uprising Monument. The producer for BBC audio in Bristol is Miles Warde

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