The World at War
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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.
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All people involvedM Mikhail GyllingSelf - Medical DoctorN Nikolaj IwanowSelf - Professor of History, University of OpoleA Aleksi MainioSelf - Leader of the Project on Stalin's PurgesK Kimmo RentolaSelf - Professor of Political History, University of HelsinkiA Anni ReuterSelf - Doctor of Political Sciences, University of HelsinkiM Meelis SaueaukSelf - Doctor of History, Institute of Estonian Historical MemoryI Ina SusiSelf - TeacherA Anneli RantaSelf - Narrator (voice)G Gints ApalsSelf - Head of Department, Latvian Occupation MuseumJ Jesse HirveläSelf - Historian, University of HelsinkiK Kaisu JunkkonenSelf - Early Childhood EducatorR Robert KusnierzSelf - Professor of History, University of Pomerania
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