With its borders extended to Eastern Poland, Lithuania, Moldova, Latvia and Estonia, Stalin's empire was now equal to the size of the Russian Empire in the days of the Tsar. This episode looks at the post war years, the death of Stalin and the rise of Nikita Khrushchev.
This film was first broadcast: 19 Aug 1990
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