The Drive to Empire - Part Four

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Communism wiped away the empire of the Tzars to create the Soviet Union. An unbreakable union of several republics created by the will of the people. Lenin's vision was of a union of sovereign states no longer glued together by religion or monarchy; but tensions between nationalists and centrists needed to be tamed. Stalin, and later Kruschev attempted to impose socialism with often brutal results. Presenter: John Eidinow