Stalin: Inside the Terror

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.

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Kira Alliluyeva

Kira Alliluyeva

Herself

Kira Alliluyeva

Kira Alliluyeva

Polina Molotov

Siân Phillips

Narrator

Robert Service

Robert Service

Himself

Sergey Shekhovtsov

Vorosthlov

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