Biography joseph stalin red terror documentary

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BiographyDocumentary hosted by Jack Perkins, published by A&E broadcasted as part of A&E Biography series in 1996 - English narration

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He held absolute power over the Soviet Union for 29 years.

Stalin succeeded his hero Lenin in 1924. From then on, he induced widespread famines to enforce farm collectives and eliminated perceived enemies through massive purges. In 1953, as Joseph Stalin lay dying, doctors were afraid to even examine him.

Biography joseph stalin red terror documentary

This harsh leader of the Soviet Union was known to turn on even his closest advisors, sending them to prison to be tried as enemies of the state. Stalin came to power by joining a group of revolutionaries that in 1917 overthrew the Russian Czar, or emperor.

They created a Communist government, in which the state controlled all parts of peoples lives. The first leader of the Soviet Union, as it was now called, was Vladimir