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Mao may have even more blood on his hands than Stalin.... unbelievably!

Seriously thank you for putting these videos up. Ive been searching for post-WW2 Stalin docs and its not as abundant as one might think. Just thanks again.

Pretty amazing when you consider that he started out as a thuggish bank robber.

Exciting to actually see and hear Svetlana.   I remember her being in the news as a very young girl.

Excellent!  Thank You!!  This is what the internet and Youtube should be all about!!!

A great documentary! Far better than the nonsense we get today with all the same popcorn talking heads, and the same information being repeated again and again after countless adverts. And none of those goddamn  reinactments!

Why is it that we're inundated with movies about Hitler, but virtually none about this monster?

Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

My Opa is a survivor of Stalin's terror camps. At the end of the War he was liberated to (West) Germany- 16 years old, no money & a 4th grade education. When he passed in 2009, he left millions in assets, & more importantly, my awesome family. I only wish to live to be half the person he was, but hope he is proud of me.
Danke for giving me happy childhood memories, Opa. Ich liebe und vermisse dich, Karl Posner.

Another great uplaod from Dr. Alan Dr. Brown PhD (Dr.)  Thanks

Excellent series - 'captivating' is exactly the right word - thank you so much for the upload.

Wow,  thank you. Top documentary on historical persona. Well done. 👌

Poor Gelovani's career as a film actor ended abruptly with Stalin's death. He was not needed to play the film role of Stalin due to Khrushchev's de-Stalinization and he naturally could not play any other roles - Soviet people would be confused.

Stalin's death orders were not made in red ink. They were made in coloured pencil; Stalin favoured red, green, and blue, which colours he used at random.

Where has this site been all my life?? Very informative thank you hope it continues

whenever I start to feel my life should or could have been better all it takes is watching a documentary about life under a Stalin or a Hitler or having to fight  at Stalingrad and that puts my "woes" in very proper perspective very quickly - works everytime!

You do not need a happy childhood to live a great life, in fact people who grew up with a happy childhood often end up as brats.

good documentary thanks for the upload.

This is a remarkable series. Thanks for the upload.