Most Disturbing Horrors of the Soviet Union
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In March 1933, a Welsh journalist named Gareth Jones walked through the villages of Soviet Ukraine and told the world what he found: "There is no bread, we are dying." The New York Times answered that there was no starvation. Moscow knew the truth, because it had counted.
Seven cases from 1932 to 1986, told from the Soviet state's own records. A famine, an island, a census, a secret explosion, a massacre over the price of meat, an anthrax leak and a May Day parade.
00:00 Intro
01:09 Gareth Jones
13:27 The Island
23:06 The Count
35:15 The Northern Lights
39:05 Meat and Butter
45:50 Tainted Meat
51:26 May Day
#SovietUnion #History #Documentary
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Most Disturbing Horrors of the Soviet Union
murk
30,397 views
In March 1933, a Welsh journalist named Gareth Jones walked through the villages of Soviet Ukraine and told the world what he found: "There is no bread, we are dying." The New York Times answered that there was no starvation. Moscow knew the truth, because it had counted.
Seven cases from 1932 to 1986, told from the Soviet state's own records. A famine, an island, a census, a secret explosion, a massacre over the price of meat, an anthrax leak and a May Day parade.
00:00 Intro
01:09 Gareth Jones
13:27 The Island
23:06 The Count
35:15 The Northern Lights
39:05 Meat and Butter
45:50 Tainted Meat
51:26 May Day
#SovietUnion #History #Documentary