Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Leaders who took power by coup

Colonel Assimi Goïta (born c. 1983) is a Malian military officer who has been interim President of Mali since 28 May 2021.

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  1. Catherine the Great

    Melvyn Bragg discusses Catherine the Great who set out to transform Russia from a semi-barbaric country into a model of the ideals of the 18th century French Enlightenment.

    23 February 2006

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    Featuring: Janet Hartley, Simon Dixon, Antony Lentin

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    HistoryMembers of the Prussian Academy of SciencesLeaders who took power by coup18th-century art collectors, German art collectors, People of the War of the Bavarian Succession, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)18th century

  2. Lenin

    Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled him to develop a model to export communism and build an original political system that remained intact for over seventy years.

    16 March 2000

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    Featuring: Robert Service, Vitali Vitaliev

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    Philosophy19th-century philosophers from the Russian Empire, 20th-century Russian philosophers, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Switzerland, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom, Russian communists, Russian revolutionariesSocialist feministsRussian male journalistsAnti-monarchistsMarxist theorists20th-century atheists19th-century pseudonymous writersVladimir Lenin19th-century atheistsLeaders who took power by coupAnti-nationalistsCritics of religionsPolitical philosophersAnti-imperialistsRussian atheistsEmigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany, Political party foundersAtheist philosophersNobility from the Russian Empire20th-century pseudonymous writers19th century20th centuryRussia

  3. Napoleon and Wellington

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the comparative histories of Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington, two titans of nineteenth century history.

    25 October 2001

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    Featuring: Andrew Roberts, Mike Broers, Belinda Beaton

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    HistoryFrench Roman CatholicsMonarchs who abdicatedPeople of the War of the First CoalitionRoyal reburialsPeople of the First French EmpireMonarchs taken prisoner in wartimeGrand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary, Knights of the Golden Fleece of SpainPeople excommunicated by the Catholic ChurchFrench deistsLeaders who took power by coup