The third episode of this fine series looks at the Nazi-Soviet Pact, the Great Patriotic War, Stalin's new status as generalissimo and war victor, the extension of Soviet power westward and descent into Cold War, the continuing terror system, the doctors' purge and Stalin's death.
Narrated by Ian Holm. Written and directed by Jonathan Lewis. It draws on a range of eye-witnesses (including Stalin's interpreter Valentin Berezhkov and the British diplomat Fitzroy MacLean), and historians, including Prof, Robert Tucker Prof., Moshe Lewin and Prof. Stephen Cohen.
Consultants: Prof. Stephen Cohen, Prof. Moshe Lewin, Prof Alec Nove, Anton Antonov-Oveyenko, Prof. John Erickson, Dr Gregory Guroff, Prof. Yuri Poliakov, Prof Oleg Rzheshevsky.
