Episode number 6 of Series “History in action”.
In 1929, Joseph Stalin celebrated his 50th. birthday. This event was celebrated across the USSR in a blaze of glory not seen since the days of the Tsar. 176 million people venerated Stalin at that time. Stalin had been a leading revolutionary figure since 1903, eclipsed by Lenin, but becoming the key political figure after Lenin’s death. This program looks at Stalin’s rise to become leader of the USSR.
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303740
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English
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Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Soviet Union - Politics and government
History → Soviet Union - History - 1917-1936
History → Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
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