Iron Curtain: Life Under Soviet Occupation
S1:E2 - Stalin's Reign
56m
Episodes
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1. Satellite States
Oct 15, 2024
While, in 1944, the Red Army is advancing towards Berlin, Stalin is already planning to incorporate Eastern Europe into his sphere of influence.
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56m
2. Stalin's Reign
Oct 15, 2024
Playing
In December 1949, the entire communist world celebrates Stalin's 70th birthday.
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3. Uprisings
Oct 15, 2024
After Stalin's death in 1953, the inhabitants of the Eastern Bloc dream of a better future.
About Miniseries
How did the Soviet Union impose its communist ideology on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe after World War II? The story of how, from 1945 until the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, these countries were gradually subjected to the totalitarian Soviet yoke.