stalin, joseph

Profiles Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hirohito, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Examines the life of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, drawing from Soviet archival film and a wealth of interviews, including a discussion with Mikhail Gorbechev, to reveal the atrocities of Stalin's twenty-nine-year reign of tyranny.

A detailed portrait of the complex Russian leader that probes his psychological motivations and legacy.

Provides an account of the Great Terror, which raged in the Soviet Union between 1936 and 1938, during which General Secretary Joseph Stalin ordered the executions of thousands of people who opposed his policies.

An examination of the experiences of the survivors of Joseph Stalin's Gulag that draws on interviews with victims to describe the challenges they faced after returning home and the political conflict that was caused by their imprisonment.

An account of the "Doctor's Plot" that persecuted Jews in the Soviet Union.

Traces the career of Stalin, the Bolshevik dictator of Russia, focusing on how his repressive policies impacted his country, his people, and the world. (50 min.).

Examines the social and economic changes in the Soviet Union during Stalin's regime and discusses the nation's devastation by World War II.

Examines the life and misdeeds of Russian leader Joseph Stalin, discussing how his efforts to turn the Soviet Union into a world power led to the displacement and deaths of millions of people.