Why it may be worth watching
- Suuri vaino combines Documentary and War & Politics storytelling.
- The principal cast includes Mikhail Gylling, Nikolaj Iwanow, Aleksi Mainio.
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Suuri vaino
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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Mikhail GyllingSelf - Medical Doctor
Nikolaj IwanowSelf - Professor of History, University of Opole
Aleksi MainioSelf - Leader of the Project on Stalin's Purges
Kimmo RentolaSelf - Professor of Political History, University of Helsinki
Anni ReuterSelf - Doctor of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki
Meelis SaueaukSelf - Doctor of History, Institute of Estonian Historical Memory
Ina SusiSelf - Teacher
Anneli RantaSelf - Narrator (voice)
Gints ApalsSelf - Head of Department, Latvian Occupation Museum
Jesse HirveläSelf - Historian, University of Helsinki
Kaisu JunkkonenSelf - Early Childhood Educator
Robert KusnierzSelf - Professor of History, University of Pomerania
Maria LähteenmäkiSelf - Professor of History, University of Eastern Finland
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Best suited to viewers looking for Documentary, War & Politics. The available catalogue spans 1 season.
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Themes and topics
soviet unionethnic cleansingprison campsoviet union history
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