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  1. The Lessons of History

    25/25Martin Sixsmith asks whether Russia will always return to the rule of autocracy?

  2. Return of the Fist

    24/25Vladimir Putin comes to power determined to re-establish Russia as a world power.

  3. Brave New World?

    23/25After the collapse of the USSR Boris Yeltsin's reforms lead to chaos.

  4. The Moscow Coup

    22/25Martin Sixsmith describes the tumultuous events that took place in Moscow in 1991.

  5. Gorbachev vs Yeltsin

    21/25Yeltsin becomes Russian President and challenges the authority of Gorbachev's USSR.

  6. The Shape of Things to Come

    20/25Mikhail Gorbachev takes power and we learn a new word: Glasnost.

  7. The Brezhnev Years

    19/25Brezhnev begins the decline that leads to the collapse of the USSR.

  8. The Rise and Fall of Khrushchev

    18/25Khrushchev puts Gargarin into space but will resign in ignominy.

  9. The Secret Speech/Scramble for Power

    17/25Khrushchev denounces Stalin's record as Stalin's henchmen vie to take his place..

  10. The Doctor's Plot

    16/25Communism's star rises, but Stalin dies before he can carry out his next round of purges.

  11. The Iron Curtain

    15/25East and West divide up Europe, Russia develops the bomb and the Cold War begins.

  12. The Spoils of War

    14/25Hopes of greater freedoms after the war are crushed by Stalin.

  13. Episode 13

    13/25At huge cost, Russia drives the Germans back to Berlin and defeat.

  14. Redemption through Blood

    12/25The Siege of Leningrad epitomises the courage of the Soviet people.

  15. The Great Patriotic War

    11/25Stalin evokes heroes of the past to inspire Russian heroism against Hitler.

  16. The Faustian Pact

    10/25Stalin signs an accord with Hitler that will enslave half of Europe.

  17. Show Trials

    9/25Millions are to die, as Stalin begins his purges of political enemies, real and imagined.

  18. Socialist Realism

    8/25The doctrine of Socialist Realism subordinates the creative arts to the will of the state.

  19. Industrialisation

    7/25Stalin's Five Year Plans modernise the economy but create misery for the people.

  20. Collectivisation

    6/25Martin Sixsmith shows how collectivisation led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians.

  21. The Death of Lenin and Rise of Stalin

    5/25By Martin Sixsmith. Stalin crushes all opposition to emerge as Lenin's successor.

  22. The People's Revolt

    4/25By Martin Sixsmith. Lenin is forced to offer the Kronshtadt rebels his New Economic Policy

  23. Terror

    3/25By Martin Sixsmith. An attempt on Lenin's life leads to harsh reprisals and near-anarchy.

  24. Murder of the Royal Family

    2/25Martin Sixsmith recounts how civil war rages as Lenin tries to consolidate power.

  25. Twelve Hours of Democracy

    1/25Martin Sixsmith's major series tracing 1000 years of Russian history resumes. It is 1917.