La Maison de Staline : Au cœur des purges soviétiques | Documentaire Histoire URSS - BSF

On the banks of the Moskva River, a massive building was meant to embody the bright future of the Soviet Union… it would become one of the symbols of Stalinist terror. 👋 More history documentaries 👉 http://bit.ly/3lqyFpY 🙏 Subscribe! 00:00 The House on the Embankment, Showcase of the Soviet Dream 04:22 The Construction of the Communist Paradise 08:39 A Privileged Elite in the Heart of Moscow 12:00 Surveillance, Fear, and Constant Control 14:30 The Beginning of the Purges 17:30 Rikov Confronts Stalin 22:24 Nighttime Arrests and Daily Terror 26:40 The Antechamber of Death 29:18 The Purges in the Soviet Army 37:03 The Children of "Enemies of the People" 40:13 Torture, Trials, and Executions 44:20 The Scale of Stalinist Terror 45:08 War, Arrests, and Deportations 48:56 After Stalin's Death 50:28 The Truths Revealed by the Archives 54:39 The Wounds Still Visible Today Stalin had the "House on the Embankment" built to house his closest collaborators: Ministers, high-ranking officials, military personnel... before having them arrested and shot. The "House on the Embankment" was meant to embody the communist paradise. It became the antechamber of death. The last living witnesses of this tragedy recount their stories. For Irina, Rosa, and Natalia, it is the story of their own parents. 👉 Also see on Our History: Trotsky Hunted by Stalin: The Inside Story of a Political Assassination    • Trotsky traqué par Staline : les coulisses...   Katyn Massacre: The Truth About the Massacre Covered Up by the USSR    • Crime de Katyn : la vérité sur le massacre...   Churchill, the Master of Diplomatic Games Against Stalin    • Churchill, le maître du jeu diplomatique c...   Stalin: From Revolution to Terror - The Rise of a Red Dictator    • Staline : De la Révolution à la Terreur - ...   From France to the Gulag: These French People Who Lost Everything by Following Stalin    • De la France au Goulag : ces Français qui ...   👉 Discover our playlist dedicated to the history of the USSR    • HISTOIRE DE L'URSS   Stalin's Tenants Directed by Irène Richard and Marie Wolfrom All Rights Reserved #Stalin #USSR #History #Documentary #SovietUnion #Gulag #NKVD #Russia #PoliticalHistory #StalinistTerror #Moscow #Communism #Purges #HistoricalDocumentary