The Great Purge orchastrated in the Soviet Union during 1937-38 cost almost 700 000 lives. Especially ethnic minorities were targeted. Four-part documentary tells the story of what happened to the people living the Soviet Union, and how the terror was built in the red dictatorship.
- Status
- Ended
- Production
- YLE
Keywords
- soviet union
- ethnic cleansing
- prison camp
- soviet union history
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Top Cast
Mikhail Gylling as Self - Medical Doctor
Nikolaj Iwanow as Self - Professor of History, University of Opole
Aleksi Mainio as Self - Leader of the Project on Stalin's Purges
Kimmo Rentola as Self - Professor of Political History, University of Helsinki
Anni Reuter as Self - Doctor of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki
Meelis Saueauk as Self - Doctor of History, Institute of Estonian Historical Memory
Ina Susi as Self - Teacher
Anneli Ranta as Self - Narrator (voice)
Top Crew
Toni Viljanmaa · Creator, Writer
Tommi Pietiläinen · Director
Juho Virolainen · Editor
Aki Forsman · Executive Producer
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