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00:00 Introduction 03:25 Stalin, the Red Dictator 07:30 Stalin's Ambitions for the USSR 11:55 the real Stalin 14:21 The reality of life in the USSR 16:32 Attempting to conceal policy disasters through sabotage claims 22:46 Stalin evolves from brutal to ruthless 24:35 Tragedy Strikes Ukraine Again 29:30 The Grip of a Police State 35:46 Propaganda Gone Global 42:20 The Horrors of Purges 45:51 A lavish life in the Kremlin 47:06 The Nomenklatura 49:25 The Nazi threat and the Barbarossa plan 01:08:09 Wartime Ally: Stalin's Role 01:12:10 The End of the Bloodshed 01:13:39 “The Little Father of the Peoples“ at the Peak of Power 01:20:10 Demise of a Despot Through the most significant events of his time, we discover the legacy of terror and destruction that Stalin bequeathed to his people. On March 9, 1953, Joseph Stalin died in Moscow. His funeral was that of a demigod. Last irony of one of the worst criminals in the history of the 20th century, who brought misery to his people while creating a collective admiration. During more than 30 years of absolute rule, millions of people died. With Stalin's policy the standard of living fell. The poverty of the early 1930s was evident on the streets of Moscow. In his labor re-education camps, better known as the Gulag, he imprisoned 18 million Russians, turning them into slaves. Machiavellian and paranoid, Stalin invented the impeachment trial, where sentences were set before the start of the hearing. He starved 7,000,000 peasants to death as punishment for refusing his revolution. He had fooled the entire world through false propaganda campaigns. During World War II, Adolf Hitler set out to destroy Stalin. On June 16, 1941, three million soldiers attacked the USSR. The Nazis took over the city of Stalingrad, which was finally liberated by Russian troops in November 1942. In February 1943 the German troops surrendered. With this victory, Stalin became the first leader to defeat Hitler, which gave him the recognition of the international community.
