The Fate of the Top Soviet Officials
4 Episodes
Ambition in the Soviet Union was often a death sentence. No one was safe, not even those at the top. Many who served the regime ended in disgrace or execution. From security chiefs to party leaders, this collection explores the fate of the USSR’s most powerful officials. They built the Gulag, orchestrated purges, and commanded armies—but power brought scrutiny, and scrutiny meant death. Their stories reveal how Stalin’s regime devoured even its most loyal servants in a relentless cycle of fear and control.
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Mikhail Tukhachevsky: Soviet Marshal Betrayed by Stalin
Episode 1
Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky was the Soviet Union’s youngest military leader, a hero of the Civil War and innovator in modern warfare. But during Stalin’s Great Purge, his name was dragged into a false conspiracy. After days of torture, he confessed, only to be executed hours later. This is the s...
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Lavrentiy Beria: Stalin's Secret Police Chief & Most Hated Man in Russia
Episode 2
Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s feared NKVD chief, oversaw purges, the Gulag system, mass executions like Katyn, and the brutal suppression of dissent across the Soviet Union. Once Stalin’s most trusted enforcer, his reign of terror included torture, rape, and political murders. Discover how one of the...
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Genrikh Yagoda: Stalin’s Executioner Who Met a Violent End
Episode 3
Genrikh Yagoda rose from revolutionary activist to head of Stalin’s feared secret police, overseeing mass arrests, brutal interrogations, and the expansion of the Gulag. He built grand projects with forced labor but ultimately fell victim to the same terror he enforced. Arrested, humiliated, and ...
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Vasily Blokhin: Stalin’s Deadliest Executioner of 7,000 in 28 Days
Episode 4
Vasily Blokhin, Stalin’s chief executioner, personally killed over 7,000 Polish prisoners in 28 nights during the Katyn Massacre. He killed in silence, hidden from the public eye — yet Vasily Blokhin’s body count is unmatched. Armed with a pistol and total impunity, he executed thousands, setti...
