The Red Empire
★ 8.0•2022•1 Seasons•
DocumentaryWar & Politics
The story of an empire: From its founding in 1922 to its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union was shaped by revolutionary idealism, but also by oppression and decay. The USSR evolved from Stalinist terror through the Thaw under Khrushchev to political processes such as glasnost and perestroika under Gorbachev. Finally, in 1991, it collapsed.
Top Cast
Nadja Schulz-Berlinghoff
Main narrator (voice)
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Annette Gerhardt
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Marina Behnke
Narrator (voice)
Max Volkert Martens
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Thomas Dehler
Narrator (voice)
Episodes
1. New Man and Great Terror
52m1922 was the birth year of the Soviet Union. Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Transcaucasia united to form the USSR. A completely new state entity emerged. Initially, the backward agrarian country needed electricity and industry. Stalin pushed for the forced collectivization of the peasants and rigorous industrialization. The price was high...
Aired: 10/25/2022
2. Great War and New Dreams
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