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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | History | Russia and the USSR

The Stalinist era

Stalin’s Back | This World

Stalin’s Back | This World

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 58'57''

Reporter John Sweeney travels more than 5000 miles through the old Soviet Union, from Stalin's birthplace in Georgia to a former labour camp...

Growth of Stalin’s terror | Stalin: Inside the Terror

Growth of Stalin’s terror | Stalin: Inside the Terror

History | BBC Four | 2004 | 31'30''

After Lenin's death, Stalin seizes control of the funeral and uses the occasion to sideline Trotsky, consolidatin...

Gulag

Gulag

History | BBC Two | 1999 | 3'00'04''

Documentary examining Stalin's Gulag. Between the October Revolution and Stalin's death in 1953, millions of people died in the camps. The film explores the Gulag lega...

Mr Jones

Mr Jones

History | BBC Two | 2023 | 1'51'39''

In 1933, suspicious of Russia's miraculous resurgence under Stalin, Gareth Jones escapes Moscow's decadence and discovers Ukraine's desperation. However, it is not ...

How the Holocaust Began

How the Holocaust Began

Germany 20th Century | BBC Two | 2023 | 59'25''

Historian James Bulgin reveals the origins of the Holocaust in the German invasion of the Soviet Union, exploring the mass murder, collaboration and ...

9: Stalingrad | The World at War

9: Stalingrad | The World at War

Germany 20th Century | ITV | 1973 | 51'31''

After initial successes, Hitler's invasion of Russia is decisively stopped at Stalingrad.

1: Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia | Twentieth Century History

1: Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia | Twentieth Century History

History | BBC One | 1977 | 19'30''

A schools feature about the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin, who turned Russia into an industrial powerho...

S2E3: The Home Front | Rise of the Nazis

S2E3: The Home Front | Rise of the Nazis

Germany 20th Century | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'20''

Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and a...

S2E2: Stalingrad | Rise of the Nazis

S2E2: Stalingrad | Rise of the Nazis

Germany 20th Century | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'12''

The Nazis have lost in Moscow. Hitler and Stalin take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back. In Stalin, Hitler has met ...

5: Stalin and the Bomb | History File

5: Stalin and the Bomb | History File

History | BBC Two | 1999 | 24'07''

This programme looks at the Cold War.

4: Life Under Stalin | History File

4: Life Under Stalin | History File

History | BBC Two | 1999 | 24'03''

This programme looks at the Cold War.

3: Stalin Takes Control | History File

3: Stalin Takes Control | History File

History | BBC Two | 1999 | 24'03''

This programmeramme covers Stalin.

Stalin: Inside the Terror

Stalin: Inside the Terror

History | BBC Four | 2004 | 1'28'26''

Documentary that uncovers the private and family life of the Soviet dictator. Using reconstructions, it also attempts to discover Stalin's motives ...

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

History | BBC Two | 2017 | 59'24''

The story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin over the 245 days that brought them to power. As the history unfolds, writers and historians deba...

7: After Stalin: 1953-1956 | Cold War

7: After Stalin: 1953-1956 | Cold War

Germany 20th Century | BBC Two | 1998 | 46'27''

Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet leader after the death of Stalin. Khrushchev rolls back a number of oppressive measures that existed u...

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