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The Fifth Floor: Russia's Global Revolution

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03/11/2017 GMT

Russia's Global Revolution

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Ripples from the Russian revolution and its influence in Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and India

The Russian revolution and its influence in Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and India and Bangladesh. Plus, from reporter to Nigerian chief; half-widows of Gujarat; Somalia's Gabooye.

Marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, our language service colleagues share stories of its influence. With Diloram Ibrahimova from Uzbekistan, Nga Pham from Vietnam, Manoshi Barua from India and Shakeel Anwar from Bangladesh.    

I Went to Report, I Came Back a Chief
The BBC's Peter Macjob got more than he bargained for when he reported on a traditional festival in Nigeria's Ogun State.  Suffice to say he came back crowned.

The Half-Widows of Diu
Every year hundreds of fishermen from India and Pakistan stray into each other's maritime territory and end up in jail.  BBC Gujarati reporter Roxy Gagdekar met some of the wives left to cope alone for years at a time, the "half-widows".

Somalia's Gabooye 
Qalib Barud of BBC Somali recently reported on discrimination in Somali society against a group of clans commonly referred to as the Gabooye.

Egypt's Golden Age 
Angy Ghannam of BBC Monitoring in Cairo nominates the time of the Pharaohs as Egypt's golden age.

My Tale of Two Cities 
Ha Mi of BBC Vietnamese grew up in the capital Hanoi believing that the southern capital Saigon - now Ho Chi Minh City - was a hostile place.  She explains how her feelings for Vietnam's second city changed. 

(Photo: T-shirts portraying Karl Marx, Lenin, Che Guevara and Bob Marley. Credit: Andre Vieira/Getty Images)

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