For about 70 years of its long history, Russia was part of the Soviet Union. Explore before-and-after stories about the country and its people, writers, artists, culture, rulers and worldwide influence.
What happened in Ukraine, during 1932-33, which caused people to describe a famine in that country as Holodomor ("death by starvation)?
To this day, people in Ukraine (and elsewhere) remember the great famine of 1932-33.
The great famine of 1932-33, in Ukraine, took the lives of millions of people - yet, it is little known in the rest of the world.
This clip, from "Harvest of Despair," continues the story of the great Ukrainian famine of 1932-33.
Concluding clip from "Harvest of Despair," a film which presents the great Ukrainian famine (of 1932-33) as a preventable event, engineered by the Sov...
NOTICE: THIS VIDEO INCLUDES INTENSE SCENES FROM WORLD WAR II.
NOTICE: THIS VIDEO INCLUDES INTENSE SCENES FROM WORLD WAR II.
NOTICE: THIS VIDEO INCLUDES SCENES OF FATAL SHOOTINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS FROM WORLD WAR II.
This clip, from the documentary Ivan the Terrible, is part of the series The Most Evil Men in History.
This clip, from the documentary Ivan the Terrible, is part of the series The Most Evil Men in History.
In this clip, from Sergei Eisenstein's film about Ivan the Terrible, we see the young Tsar leading his new army to Kazan.
Although Ivan the Terrible had a very difficult childhood, he settled into his life much better after he selected Anastasia Romanovna as his bride.
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