February 16, 2026
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The Great Purge orchastrated in the Soviet Union during 1937-38 cost almost 700 000 lives. Especially ethnic minorities were targeted. Four-part documentary tells the story of what happened to the people living the Soviet Union, and how the terror was built in the red dictatorship.
Mikhail Gylling
Self - Medical Doctor
Nikolaj Iwanow
Self - Professor of History, University of Opole
Aleksi Mainio
Self - Leader of the Project on Stalin's Purges
Kimmo Rentola
Self - Professor of Political History, University of Helsinki
Toni Viljanmaa
Toni Viljanmaa
Anni Reuter
Self - Doctor of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki
Meelis Saueauk
Self - Doctor of History, Institute of Estonian Historical Memory
Ina Susi
Self - Teacher
Anneli Ranta
Self - Narrator (voice)
Gints Apals
Self - Head of Department, Latvian Occupation Museum
Jesse Hirvelä
Self - Historian, University of Helsinki
Season 1
4 episodes
February 16, 2026
YLE
FI
