With its borders extended to Eastern Poland, Lithuania, Moldova, Latvia and Estonia, Stalin's empire was now equal to the size of the Russian Empire in the days of the Tsar.
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This episode looks at the post war years, the death of Stalin and the rise of Nikita Khrushchev.
This film was first broadcast: 19 Aug 1990
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