Never Before Seen Life In The USSR | Red Empire | Our History

The massacre at a workers' demonstration against food price rises in a town in South Russia in 1962... the ingenious methods used by dissidents to spread news of secret police repression... Subscribe to Our History: https://bit.ly/3v5mKBG the vast network of corruption throughout the economy, notably in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan... the problems faced by a film editor entrusted with the task of making Leonid Brezhnev's speeches comprehensible after a stroke in 1976... the epic struggle to build a new railway line across the empire... This programme features further extraordinary eyewitness accounts of life and events in the Soviet Union, many never told before. This film was first broadcast: 26 Aug 1990 Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Taste - bit.ly/3OZoDcV Start your journey of discovery with Our History, as we bring you eye-opening documentaries and educational programmes about our world history. We will guide you through awe-inspiring events from our past and help you get a deeper understanding of current affairs and global events that have shaped the world we live in today. Content distributed by ITV Studios.