The Assassin Who Almost Killed Stalin — Then Vanished Without a Trace... The Story of Lazo Kachin

The Assassin Who Almost Killed Stalin — Then Vanished Without a Trace... The Story of Lazo Kachin There is an interrogation transcript in the Soviet archives dated 1931. In it, a man named Lazo Kachin confesses to attempting to assassinate Joseph Stalin. The confession is detailed, specific, and almost certainly partially fabricated. Not because Kachin didn't attempt what he's accused of. He did. But because what the NKVD did with that confession afterward changed Soviet history in ways that had nothing to do with the original attempt. This video tells the untold story of Lazo Kachin, the Georgian nationalist who came close enough to kill Stalin to draw his weapon in a Tbilisi crowd. 00:00 - The Confession That Created History 03:10 - The Man Behind The Attempt 06:20 - The Assassination Attempt 09:40 - The Interrogation 13:00 - The Network That Wasn't 16:20 - What Happened To Kachin 19:30 - The Template For The Great Purge 22:50 - What The Archives Revealed 26:00 - Why This Story Matters Today #SovietHistory #Stalin #LazoKachin #Assassination #SovietUnion #RussianHistory #GeorgianHistory #USSR #ColdWar #PoliticalHistory Assassination and Security #AssassinationAttempt #KillStalin #StalinSecurity #SovietSecurity #PoliticalViolence #AssassinationPlot #SovietPlot #HistoricalAssassination #PoliticalAssassination #SecurityHistory