This program is an overview of the life and career of Joseph Stalin. It concentrates on describing and attempting to explain the origins of the policy of “terror” instigated by Stalin as leader of the USSR. There are interviews with surviving family members and experts all of whom attempt some sort of personality “analysis” of the dictator to explain his behaviour and policies. Another question that is examined is, given his record of “terror”, why was he so popular? Why did so many Russians mourn his death in 1953? This could be an overview and introduction to a study of both Stalin and USSR in the post revolution period.
Kira Alliluyeva
Herself
Kira Alliluyeva
Polina Molotov
Siân Phillips
Narrator
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January 8, 2003
1h 30m
7.0
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BBC Cymru Wales
GB
Robert Service
Himself
Sergey Shekhovtsov
Vorosthlov
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