Stalin's Great Purge | The Great Terror (1932-1940)

[@concernedcitizen5053]

I'm a Scotsman. I'm currently pursuing the MA Russian and Central-Eastern European Studies at the University of Glasgow and it's a pleasure to stumble upon a man as passionate about studying this fascinating period as myself.

[@HoH]

It certainly is fascinating and there are many great books written about this period. I am currently reading Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith. It's an amazing book, I definitely recommend it.

[@robertsansone1680]

Robert Conquest, The Great Terror, copyright 1968. Edvard Radzinsky, Stalin, copyright 1996. Conquest wrote several other books about the purges. The reason I mention this one is, A. I read it, and B. The fact that the Soviets didn't open their archives to him. He said that he got his estimates of deaths from Soviet sources. Mainly census figures. Taking into account WW2 loses, there should be twenty million more Russian people alive today. Radzinsky was allowed into Stalins personal library and into formerly secret archives. He confirms Conquests conclusions.

[@concernedcitizen5053]

@@HoHI have a copy of the Russian Job and a biography of Rasputin by Douglas Smith. I've just read the works of Robert Service. My professor studied under him at Oxford. I thoroughly enjoyed his trilogy of biographies on Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky. I also read his history of Modern Russia.

[@concernedcitizen5053]

@@robertsansone1680 Robert Conquest is not only considered a staple reading supplement for anybody on my course but we are frequently forced to read extracts of his books at compulsory tutorials. Great writer. I am currently in Ukraine, an epicentre of the Holodomor, where he is considered by many to be a hero in exposing the terrible deeds of the Stalinist regimes.

[@robertsansone1680]

@@concernedcitizen5053 Interesting. I am glad to hear that his works are not forgotten. Professor Conquest died only a few years ago. I remember reading his obituary. He lived to a ripe old age. We need people warning the world about evil. I saw a pro- Communists video on KZbin just the other night it was so full of lies & distortions it really infuriated me. What really disgusted me were the supportive comments. Communism is like an incurable disease. It apparently will never go away. Thanks For Your Information. Robert Sansone

[@deanhallett6815]

And the lesson from History is; never, never, never give power without accountability.

[@stephenmcdonagh2795]

Like the EUSSR...

[@dr3yfusz]

like the elite in the us have? yeah agreed, wish they were communist

[@fredflintstone8998]

'Power without accountability' ... yes, you have it in a nutshell. Well put sir... we have some of that in England now with Dominic Cummings.

[@mikefay5698]

Well that would mean there is no History since as Napoleon observed , "History is mainly lies which we all agree upon!"

[@mikefay5698]

@Chris Russell Russian here Russian there Russian everywhere toward a doomed Capitalist state. Creepy Joe shut the door Russia is Rushing in!

[@Rorynes]

The one who shot the one who shot the other who had shot many others before ,has been shot also.

[@thekhans2823]

@ Nestor Thomsen , (I’m Mongolian 🇲🇳 where there was a coordinated Great purge also 1937-1938) My Great Grandfather was a Buddhist Monk, ( They targeted Buddhist monks during the purge) But luckily his teacher had a vision of that happening so he was able to escape

[@CC-rb1yf]

Stalin probably the last shot

[@tallandhandsome29]

Seemed to be pretty relentless. Sound as if they grew to enjoy it.

[@wolfu597]

If my memory serves me correctly, that's how Djengis Khan hid the location of his final resting place.

[@Rorynes]

@@wolfu597 He left no witnesses.

[@jglammi]

The NEW YORK TIMES praised the trials as an example of true justice

[@anthonysalgado5118]

Not much has changed with the NYT.

[@realsushrey]

Can you link that for me?

[@TheJosephPrice]

We weren’t exactly a bastón of freedom then either. Things are much better now.

[@anthonysalgado5118]

@Nasty Lil bitch millions of people were not put in gulags , displaced and killed in the USA compared to the USSR.

[@mattyvonlong-schlong4433]

Uncle Joe strikes again

[@qirat73]

Party member 1: Wow we're killing alot of our own Stalin: You get shot Party member 2: Very good comrade Stalin, he was probably planning something Staling: Thanks, you get shot too

[@joethekinghawk7514]

When you get rid of God and trade it in with Charles Darwin and atheism and communism you Get Joseph Stalin.

[@nicholasbrassard3512]

@@joethekinghawk7514 a lot of people don't believe in god without become paranoid murderers lmao calm your religious preaching xD

[@chrislastname744]

@@nicholasbrassard3512 He has a point though. Without an absolute authority, one who provided the basic fundamental human rights Laws there is really no accountability. If you accept evolution as fact then who has the right to determine what is right or wrong? You cant tell me how to behave and I cant tell you. Its survival of the fittest right? God provided 10 simple laws on how to behave and WE, man, choose to ignore them and ultimately, HIM. We even blather on that we are doing whatever we do in Hs name. Pfft! Look how thats turned out. He will have something to say to each of us when the time comes. Especially those who claimed to do it in His name.

[@TheFlutecart]

@@chrislastname744 Meh, absolute authority corrupts absolutely. One need go no further that the history of the Popes to understand that if there is a God, then it's every man's decision as to the workings of God's will and right and wrong.

[@francismarion4450]

Oh there is, and everyone will be held accountable. Even Pope's.

[@Rog5446]

Khrushchev was himself lucky to survive the purge.

[@borracho7]

Dude, Khrushchev was one of those who was responsible for repressions.

[@SpiritOfOrange]

Molotov was the lucky one.

[@borracho7]

@@SpiritOfOrange, omg, what do you mean when you say “lucky”? Molotov was also responsible for repressions as lots of other people in politburo (most of them became the main critics of Stalin after his death), Molotov was close friend of Stalin, he was one of the oldest bolsheviks in the party. He wasn’t lucky, because it was not about luck, okey?

[@SpiritOfOrange]

@@borracho7 Yes, he was lucky because he was on Stalin’s many death lists. “Molotov retained his place as a leading Soviet diplomat and politician until March 1949, when he fell out of Stalin's favour and lost the foreign affairs ministry leadership to Andrei Vyshinsky. Molotov's relationship with Stalin deteriorated further, with Stalin criticizing Molotov in a speech to the 19th Party Congress.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov EDIT: Additionally, being “one of the oldest Bolsheviks in the party” is no argument for impunity from Stalin’s purges. Look what happened to Trotsky.

[@borracho7]

@@SpiritOfOrange, lol, Wikipedia, bro. 1. We talk about the Great Purge, 1949 isn’t the time of Great Purge. 2. Molotov was dismissed in 1949 not because of he lost Stalin’s favour but because of Beria and Malenkov tried to clean the way to power for themselves. 3. Stalin criticized lot of people and not all of those people were killed or repressed. Criticism is okay, and Molotov or for example Rokossovsky often argued with Stalin. They continued to work together (Stalin and Molotov) after 1949 and till the death of Stalin Molotov was known in public opinion and in state propaganda as the second man in the country right after Stalin. 4. Trotsky was not old bolshevik, he becarme the member of bolshevik’s party only in July 1917, Molotov was the member of RSDRP since 1906 (he was only 16 years old at this time). Also Trotsky didn’t support a lot of bolshevik’s decisions, he wasn’t bolshevik if we talk about his political ideas. Molotov was much more consistent in this issue. I agree that it was not something like absolute shield but this thing meant a lot for Stalin and for the party.

[@nikitag1376]

Thank you for the video, I've been researching on this topic for a while now, to be honest this is quite different perspective on the causes of the purges.

[@Manowarmx3]

Curious to hear what other perspective did you know/learn?

[@LKaramazov]

Excellent video! I’ve read court of the red tsar and Stalin’s hangmen several years ago, the first being one of my favorite books. This was a very well done video!

[@gizboliberty8643]

Thank you for this horrifying but valuable piece of history

[@isaacpowell6182]

Y did the polish operation of the nkvd start I need help I’m doing a project on this

[@_S.T.A.L.K.E.R._]

Correct its just sad how much misinformation is out there.

[@thebestofallworlds187]

@@isaacpowell6182 will you do research on what Putin says here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXrIiqJ8ZrubfsU

[@thebestofallworlds187]

@@_S.T.A.L.K.E.R._ what misinformation?

[@lawbringer8085]

@@thebestofallworlds187 believe he’s talking about these ‘independent fact checkers’ that hide the truth

[@factenter6787]

"We have defeated the wrong enemy."--Gen. Geo. S. Patton

[@OBZRV82]

So he's down with the nazi's? Not surprised. Soviets, Nazi's and zionists should all swing on the gallows. 😅

[@michalaugustniak433]

either way, wall street financed all of them

[@OBZRV82]

@@michalaugustniak433 Of course..

[@steephanroy8461]

You defeated no one.. Don't flatter yourself... Communist muscle and the Soviet blood defeated the Third Reich .. the rest?? Well they stick around to take the credit..

[@jamessolana7641]

@@steephanroy8461 considering they were probably more scared of their own leader they were just cowards to me not willing to stand up to their own government a bunch of non patriots on both sides of the eastern front the only reason the soviets won is because they were more scared as the nazis didn’t persecute all of their people. I have no respect for either side of that front and if it was a 3 way war free people would have won nukes would’ve been out of communist reach for years

[@peteredwards338]

Did the Winter Palace get stormed? I understood that the provisional government left and the Bolshevics walked in unopposed.

[@aleksandra.korzycka3192]

Kirov was not shot on the street but inside the building (party headquarters at Smolny Institute)

[@HoH]

Good point. The sources I read about it stated it was on the street at night closeby the Smolny institute, but one quick google search reveals you’re right. Thanks for the reply!

[@yggdrasil9039]

Yes I recall that about Kirov from the documentary Stalin Man of Steel.

[@GINGOLOGUNGA]

His bodyguard was held up outside of the building when Kirov was shot. Later, that bodyguard was killed in a suspicious car accident...

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

@@GINGOLOGUNGA One account tells of Kirov being with the wife of a junior party member at an apartment house. The husband who was on duty that night got the ratting from an unknown source ( ... ), & rushed there. & of curse Kirov's bodyguard was nowhere in sight. Kirov answered the door knock and was confronted with the husband who shot him dead after some harsh exchange. In any case it was a cheka set-up on the master's orders. The 1992 Robert Duvall movie adopted the thesis quoted by the O.P. Later when Mr. K ordered the reburial of Awfoul Joe, he had him put under a simple stone slab with just name + entry & exit vintages. & neighbour to Kirov.

[@marinpanoniaskapunk]

She corrected you. Shot?

[@brabham74]

If anyone is failing to recognize that this is now beginning again, but this time in the western world, then you are not paying attention.

[@nicholasbrassard3512]

A lot of americans seem very paranoid about communists xD do you guys think it's still the cold war or something? I've yet to see any politician coming close being a socialist or advocating this type of shit

[@brabham74]

@@nicholasbrassard3512 , you aren't paying attention, or you have no connection with reality. It is one of those two things.

[@Kayvonix]

@@brabham74 you seem like a moron...maybe smoke some weed and calm down Joe Biden isnt leading us to communism lmao hes literally Trump 2.0

[@brabham74]

@@Kayvonix , ok, you 82 IQ genius, what Is dementia Joe leading us to?

[@Kayvonix]

@@brabham74 the same shit Trump was doing take off your fox glasses my 32 IQ friend

[@wmhhealth2018]

The great purge, the great reset. Not a coincidence.

[@christihiatt3459]

Not a coincidence at all; but maybe the architects of the reset will also disappear. The spirit of this age seems the same as then, that of an unclean spirit.

[@adacamper3627]

And the Great Leap Forward in China. Same thing. Millions died of starvation under Mao

[@misterscaz6011]

None of these things seem "great" (purge, reset ,leap) to me. In fact, they kind of suck.

[@adacamper3627]

@@misterscaz6011 i agree

[@rudimeergans5741]

@@adacamper3627 And all that was absolutely topped by the unspeakable crimes of Nazis,Germans and Hit(!)ler. As every school kid knows.

[@bennyhightower416]

The youth in america can't hardly wait until this happens here.

[@Commie_Mike]

Hell yeah

[@craiga2002]

Those fools don't know anything about what happened to the "Old Bolsheviks.' Also you are too polite to mention that the total Soviet death toll was around 66M.

[@emuriddle9364]

Stalinism and Social Democracy are two different things. It's like saying Denmark is the same as North Korea. (Which isn't true.)

[@leefithian3704]

@@emuriddle9364 it’s all a sham without voter ID

[@heyyo6050]

What the fuck are you talking about boomer, it sounds like you are eagerly waiting for it in your little boomer room

[@SpiritoftheHarvestMoon]

The timing of this showing up on my feed my god.

[@HoH]

This is a pretty old video of mine, so I'm rather surprised it received a few hundred views the past several days.

[@noelkosobucki9722]

@@HoH showed up for me today 2/21/21

[@andyoncam1]

Slight correction. Kirov was assassinated inside the Smolny Institute, the location of his office, not on the street.

[@joshuagilbertyear926]

Yh wasn't it through the window

[@andyoncam1]

@@joshuagilbertyear926 He was shot by a man who walked up to Kirov as he walked down a corridor on the way to his office.

[@421less1]

"Realeased due to lack of evidence" Me: thats a thing?

[@elsapartida1471]

Thanks for share your history !! I need to hear many times because I dont understand english very well. If you vídeo has spanish subtitules..... I'll glad to read it. Thanks. Greetings from México

[@KOLDBLU3ST33L]

USA: SOUND FAMILIAR? WAKE. UP.

[@DatsWhatXiSaid]

Riddle: shot shot shot shot shot shot... vodka night OR purge?

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

Let's play R(ussian) R(oulette) to decide.

[@doubleplusgoodthinker9434]

Same in the UK including a lot who should have known better such as George Bernard Shaw.

[@billashby7858]

Some people in the US think Stalin was a great man, and they are getting more powerful!

[@nikitakuznetsov8446]

Because he was, do actual research rather than listening to Western Propoganda.

[@jamesricker3997]

We are fortunate that they lost the last election

[@billashby7858]

@@nikitakuznetsov8446 So the millions of people that starved in the Ukraine did so because they refused to eat? Why do the people of the Ukraine hate the Russians, why do the Poles hate the Russians, why do the Czechs hate the Russians, why do the people of Hungary hate the Russians? I guess world history is not taught where you live!

[@billashby7858]

@@jamesricker3997 Watch CNN much?

[@dunc221]

By some people you must mean democrats!!! Democrats must pay now.

[@georgequalls5043]

Interesting use of “You Are There”. scenes of the show trial. I recall watching this episode on TV in the 1950s. It was hosted by Walter Cronkite.

[@davidalexoff1658]

It's like, they had to have killing sqads to kill other killing sqads.

[@jglammi]

The New York Times called these purge trials a good example of justice.

[@bertplank8011]

Today it is bankrupt and is propped up by wealthy people of a certain ethnicity.

[@richardque1036]

That included lillian helmann,"the more they deny it,the more they are guilty"she way on to defend stalin right until her dead in 1986.

[@princecharming4708]

NYT is a Jewish organisation what do you expect

[@NBrioDaZueraRules]

@@princecharming4708 then they should hate it, because jews are anti communist

[@NBrioDaZueraRules]

@@bertplank8011 of course, it's in new york, that'd be like being surprised that everyone in the government of burundi is black

[@Kulsarieff]

My great grandfather was arrested and blamed as a japanese spy in october 1938, only the month before Ezhov was removed from NKVD. Maybe only because of that he avoided being shot and was freed in 1940

[@JacobR522]

Ironic because the NKVD was not at all a communist organization and was later opposed by Stalin and like-minded individuals in the party and country (Marxist-Leninists). The NKVDs lead officials and leaders, Genrikh Yagoda and Nikolai Yezhov were both undemocratic conspirers who carried out illegal arrests and executions as the NKVD because of a lack of time and democratic consideration was at the time ahead of the democratic party parties and government organizations. This is ironic because despite all of this, in your extreme biased opinion (due to your grandfathers' bad faith retribution) you believe any wrongdoings were machinations of Stalin and the Communist party when Stalin personally wanted the NKVD punished more severely than they were! This perverted twisting of facts and entire generations of propagandized people is exactly where your blam and this idiots video come from

[@chrismashburn9710]

Hair salon receptionist reads his mid-term report, his right hand engaged in languid interpretive lap dance accompanyment, his left a limp and indifferent audience of extras meant to draw the eye to a completely non-cliche...wait for it...open book. Eighteen minutes. No refresh on the pomade. No noticable break for Visine. Truly emotive and visceral when brutality can be both subject and substance...

[@AnnalOfHistory]

Finally decided to check you out since you showed some interest in my history content. I've oddly enough heard people stating that the Purge was actually beneficial. Stating that the Officer purge was not damaging at all to the Red Army and actually made it vastly Superior since many of the officers "couldn't" be trained in the new tactics and so had to be removed for the new tactics that modern warfare called for to be implemented into the army. I 100% disagree on that assertion (largely because when you actually think about it, it's ridiculous) But still something that is kind of interesting to hear.

[@HoH]

Hey Tipsy, thanks for checking out my videos! Well, it is true that the Purge was beneficial to Stalin and his objectives of cementing his absolute, uncontested power. It shaped an administrative and social revolution, purging any and all unwanted elements from society. TIK (a channel that covers WW2 battles in depth) has made a very good video about the effects of Stalin's purge on the functioning of the Red Army, as that is something I am not familiar enough with to give a clear-cut answer to (although I am certain it was detrimental rather than beneficial).

[@tormundgaint1022]

Where did you hear from this absurd idea!!

[@thekhans2823]

@ House of History , You forgot the Great PURGE of Mongolia 🇲🇳, it took place at the same time 1938-1938, Nearly 7 to 9 percent of the population was killed. My Great Grandfather would have been one of them since he was a Buddhist Monk, but luckily his teacher had a vision of that happening so he was able to escape

[@julianshepherd2038]

There are arguments for modernising your officers but shooting them is not necessary.

[@herptek]

The new "tactics" that came out of such a purge failed spectacularly not long after the fact.

[@fritzs1207]

Assassination attempt on Stalin =0 assassination attempt on Hitler =45 , Revolt in gulags =1 Revolt in concentration camps = 18 that shows how Hitler was a lousily dictator .

[@maksim05makarov]

И насколько уважали Сталина

[@ivozagreb3432]

Thank you for the great video. One of the interesting persons in the Staling purges was Tito, who later became the communist dictator of Yugoslavia, where he organized mass murders in Stalin's style. Journalists who researched the NKVD archives found that during his Russian years, he was a peculiarly perfidious NKVD spy who spied on his communist friends and wrote characteristics about them that virtually always led to their executions. This way, he eliminated possible opponents for the position of the chief of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and gained a great Stalin's trust. Stalin called him "molodec ", meaning brave, great. Tito took part in the Spanish civil war, where he probably conducted purges as an NKVD spy. The story about Tito is especially interesting because his identity is disputed. Officially, he was Josip Broz from Croatia, from a village on the border with Slovenia, but the mother of Josip Broz was a Slovenian woman, and Tito did not speak Slovenian. He also spoke bad Croatian, but he excellently spoke German (Viennese dialect). There is a declassified NSA document about Tito that questions the official narrative about his origin. Just google Tito NSA Yugoslav, and it should be the first result.

[@jglammi]

Princeton professor Stephen Kotkin has great interviews and lectures on line as well. He emphasizes the point that the purges cannot be understood in terms of Stalin's past or his personality only, but as the inevitable result of the communist system

[@jazz4asahel]

Correct. You're one of maybe four who understand this. Maybe five. Americans today are ignorant of this. Onward they march making things better for us all.

[@squatch545]

Then why didn't any other communist leader conduct purges, before or after Stalin?

[@jazz4asahel]

@@squatch545 Prior to Stalin was Lenin; anyone can read about Lenin's tactics. Contemporary with both were Beria, Trotsky, and others; read about them. Immediately following Stalin was Kruschev; plenty about his repressions are recorded. Not sure what point you are after. Lammi's comment about Kotkin's research is spot on: Kotkin noted that Stalin was true to communist doctrine originating with Marx et al, as were Lenin, and Trotsky and Russian Bolsheviks. What is currently runaway train in the United States seems shackled to this same ideology. The point I am after is, a kind of tactical Bolshevism is currently afoot in the United States guided by the same overall communist ideology. And that, some beg the public to see, is quite contrary to the cornerstone foundations that our forebears and Constitutional framers set forth for the guidance of the most precious republican democracy we have in these United States that, contrary to current cancel culture, has indeed been generous to Americans and foreigners alike, including our freed slaves.

[@DrummerJake_57]

@@jazz4asahel "precious republic democracy" I laughed out loud on that. "Cancel culture" is another manufactured outrage tactic by your precious. It's just accountability. Change is inevitable. Can't stay in the 50s forever. Upcoming generations just want to have a life of equity, fairness and a living wage. If that means breaking the status quo for a decent living, people are going to do it. Boomers are pissed at leftists taking hold in society now as if it wasn't a direct result from (*checks notes*) precious boomers creating them. Kids and grandkids are here now trying to survive and you fucking hate them.

[@nemamodgeddi5338]

I disagree, most other communist leaders aroubd the world and in the Soviet Union after Stalin, did use purges. The only other example was Pol Pot in Cambodia and Mao in China. It is false to say that purges are inherent in communist regimes or any type of regime.

[@tomraw4893]

A very erudite and concise presentation. I thought Kirov was assassinated in the corridor near his office at the Smolny Institute, not in the street.

[@meeeka]

So did I; the father of my thesis advisor had been a ranking member of the Tsar's advisors and later, he became a Bolshevik. The father escaped after the Civil War. Both mt advisor as well as Kerensky later told me that Kirov was murdered in the hallways of the Smolny.

[@tomraw4893]

@@meeeka yes, you understand, thank you.

[@matgeezer2094]

I thought it was inside. But, the evidence points strongly to 'higher' involvement in the assassination

[@royparker7856]

Sound familiar? Everyone who holds a dissenting opinion must be CANCELED. They must be driven from the public discourse and isolated and prevented from spreading "false information".

[@Paolo7219]

Just like FACEBOOK!!! Actually all of Social Media is like that.....

[@emuriddle9364]

There's a difference between Dissent and Malicious. Hence why leftists accept both LGBT people. And those who aren't.

[@Paolo7219]

@@emuriddle9364 HaHaHaHa!! Who are you trying to kid? Members of the LGBTQ do NOT accept Heteros. Most of them have a deep hatred of Heteros. Anybody with some first hand experience with them knows this is true.

[@royparker7856]

@@emuriddle9364 since when does the left accept anyone or thing that does not toe the party line?

[@pablovelasquez6917]

@@Paolo7219 Sadly, the members of the LGBT you have met are perhaps like that, but in my case, non have really done that.

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

I know this will seem dreadfully trivial to some readers, but you present yourself as well-groomed and dressed as Timeghosts Indy Nydel. You always look impeccable !

[@tonymullins6627]

A very good presentation. Will search for more of your videos.

[@isaacpowell6182]

Y did the polish operation of the nkvd start I need help I’m doing a project on this

[@varovaro1967]

It was like the corona virus, u never knew who could have it next...

[@MrTarmonbarry]

For anyone that does not know the last photo was what actually happened , Stalin had him removed from the photo and did the same with a lot of other photos that contained people he for want of better words '' got rid of '' . Stalin's purges backfired on him but more so on the Soviet people . He ''removed a lot of the experienced generals and top people in the army because in his paranoia he saw them as a threat , then along came WW2 and they did not have those people who knew how to fight battles , who knew the strategies that worked

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

I hate the smell of Tankies in the morning... And in the afternoon... And at nighttime...

[@rolandrodriguez3854]

And the US is so racist that there were some lynchings. USSR; Hold my vodka!

[@ThisisBarris]

Hey man, Definitely enjoyed this video. Really well researched and a great way to shed light on the tragedy that was Stalin's Great Purge. I like that you have a decors set-up for your videos, really helps set the mood. Also, keep filming during the day, much better for lighting and video quality. If you can, however, I recommend setting the desk with you facing towards the window so the lighting illuminates your face evenly rather than creating dark shadows. Of course, not too directly, or you'll be blinded... But I guess it'll be complicated to move the bookshelf? There's a definite improvement from your Finn video, which was already pretty good. Instead of the zoomed in photos, I suggest editing them as a window beside you (on the right). It'll allow us more time to watch and well, avoid the reduction in quality from zooming in. Finally, I recommend buying a cheap lavalier mic just to improve the sound quality - if you can afford it. I hope this helps you out; again, just my subjective opinion so take it with a grain of salt. I definitely subbed and I look forward to more content!

[@HoH]

Thank you for the kind words. I am completely new when it comes to creating videos so any advice is more than welcome! You make a very fair point about the window, I hadn't thought about that. I am moving house next month so hopefully I will be able to create a bit of a better set-up than I have right now. I strive to improve my videos a little every time. Just invested in a new camera and microphone! About the photos: once I start editing the video for coming Friday I will check if that is a possibility and if it looks good! It is a possibility to just split the screen, and have a large picture on the left part of the screen, perhaps in a frame or something. Good shout! Merci beaucoup et bonne chance avec vos vidéos! (Had to dig deep for my highschool French memories)

[@ThisisBarris]

@@HoH My pleasure; you have genuinely good content, especially if you're a new channel. You should also consider adding end screen cards. You'll see it makes a huge difference. Natural light is best, cheap lighting you can get! My only issue would be dealing with it blinding you; I'm not sure how you could avoid it but I'm sure you can find some resources about it. And improving at every video, even by a bit, is great - that's exactly what I try to do. Looking forward to seeing the new setup and equipment! Yes, you could do that, but I feel like it would be more natural just a photo emerging on the side rather than cutting your frame in half. But that's just my opinion. It's worth trying different things into you find an aesthetic you enjoy! Ton français est excellent! Bonne chance avec tes vidéos aussi!

[@Modeltnick]

The scars of the Lenin and Stalin eras are still being worn by the Russian people. The brutal treatment and murder of the Romanovs was only the smallest example as to what followed. Very good research and editing! Thanks!

[@Modeltnick]

@@vasilikim4846 Wrong.

[@normanbowers5669]

@@vasilikim4846 Certainly, Tsarist Russia was a backward horror. However, Communism always ends up this way. It must have absolute power to take from whom it wants and to give to whom it wants. Absolute power always devolves into power for the most cruel and rabid leader. Cuba, Communist China, Cambodia, Vietnam (some of my friends had their fathers murdered or imprisoned for years by the regime), Zimbabwe, etc. have all gone that way.

[@janasimon7780]

Such an oxymoron...an "honest" Communist!

[@rickmendoza3328]

Alabama communist weren’t honest....?

[@normanlesley1867]

Impassable triangle Honest, intelligent, communist, any two preclude the third.

[@jpbulkley33]

New subscriber. Thanks for this piece. Full of substance and visually interesting. Well done.

[@deepwater2652]

Excellent presentation!

[@tominnis8353]

Thank you this brilliantly informed and presented piece. The gruesome price of totalitarianism.

[@herptek]

The same kind of hysterical which hunts can actually happen in systems that fall short of totalitarianism as well, but this instance is clearly one of those where the state clearly took up as its mission the complete control of thought of its subjects.

[@janedoe-hq9vn]

I never heard the word "gulag" until I was older, out of school. Why aren't kids taught this in school? Sounds like Russia has more fatalities than the "holocaust ". Why isn't this talked about?

[@mattanderson6336]

Waiting for the day when the secrets of Mao He’s Dung and the ‘Great Leap Backward’ come to light. Tienamin Square came so close. Read the trilogy by Frank DiKotter. 1. The Tragedy of Liberation. 2. Mao’s Great Famine. 3. The Cultural Revolution.

[@maddyg3208]

Do you really need an answer?

[@rowdyrx6109]

Because public schools teach “wokeness” and other dribble

[@jedibattlemasterkos]

Because our education system is compromised by the CCP and other Marxist sympathizers. They dont want you to think poorly of communism.

[@janedoe-hq9vn]

@@jedibattlemasterkos pppwwweeppttt!!!(as I spit my coffee out)..how can I NOT think poorly of Communism? Seriously..unless someone has not been taught or lived anything else, what, exactly, is so desirable about it, other than for the "powers that be"?

[@betsyleifeste1602]

Be vigilant. The same minds are at work in America.

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

Thats hyperbole.

[@royal1investments]

Indeed they are and its no hyperbole fool.

[@scottfranco1962]

"todays man is not up to the demands of his history" - Orwell.

[@AllansStation]

one has to ask why, all those who were eliminated, and knew they were going to be eliminated, why when they still had the power did they not move agains Stalin, They had nothing to lose and everything to gain. The senior army officers the senior leaders of the NKVD.

[@robertmanfredthurrigl9424]

Good point .One can only assume they were to arrogant to see Joe had their card marked also and thought it would not be them on the list and banked on for 'loyall services' they did or the terror had turned them into cowards frozen with fear . Stalins bloodlust and paranoia knew no limits . Total anarchy.

[@matthewmcleod7064]

I'm really praying that the amendment to this video isn't... "The man who made the KZbin video about the man who shot the man who shot the judge who presided over the show trial of the man who shot the man... SHOT"

[@love_justice_mercy]

Well done. Good stuff.

[@kori5679]

The guy that shot that guy that shot the other guy was also shot... And that last chap shot himself... You watch yourself if not you will be s... ...

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

17:09 ''I killed only killers after all."

[@Logang007]

Spring Cleaning

[@scavone72]

This is not what my history teacher with purple hair taught me about Stalin.

[@thewhitedeath586]

Great job man! 2 comments, first has anyone ever said you look like james McAvoy? Also very easy to follow and listen to.

[@disposablehero4911]

As horrific as this was what happened in China was even worse.

[@Outrider74]

Funny how Stalin was just as brutal as Hitler in mass genocide, yet his seems to be downplayed or swept aside in the name of not making Karl Marx look bad.

[@patrickjeffers7864]

I think it's because the US allied with Stalin against Hitler. If the truth was known the people would've preferred a "let them duke it out" approach to the war in Europe, which even some germans thought they'd do. The ally of the west couldn't be seen to be worse than the enemy(which he kinda was)

[@LuisDiuk]

Quite good, this came to my news feed, good discovery

[@engin7787]

Thank you giving me The opportunity for watching the most gruesome crimes which are done against the humanity by the counter revolutionary Stalin and its gang!

[@FranciscoHernandez-vm7qn]

This purge makes the movie "the purge" look like a Disney movie

[@fooshampoo904]

So comforting to know this madness is alive and well in The world today.

[@adielstephenson2929]

This happened 90 years ago.

[@carlosramos5256]

I read here that Josif Broz Tito and Stalin were comunists, but they had personal differences. Stalin sent agents to liquidate Tito, like he did with Trotsky, but they failed. According to the story, Tito told Stalin: "You have sent X number of agents for me. If you insist, I will send ONE for you and I will not need to send another one". It seems that Stalin heard the advice

[@yolakin8210]

The man of steel, left his nasty mark on history!

[@marshaclark1398]

Americas future? Yes

[@henikusumawatikbtunasmandi5186]

Power tends to corrupt Absolute power corrupt absolutely

[@joea363]

Great presentation. I am currently reading The House of Government by Slenzkine.

[@noblemann4898]

The first 1.36 encapsulates Stalin and those who made a pact with the devil

[@Smudgeroon74]

Stalin was a bank robber in his youth. That sounds about right..

[@Thelivewire64]

And don't forget the engineers and aerodynamics scientists who would have been vital for the upcoming war. And later during the war his best General! Whom he had removed, imprisoned and then luckily for all, reinstated, because Stalin feared losing the war.

[@southsidekip]

I read somewhere a long time that one of the old Bolsheviks refused to confess. I can no longer remember the source. If this is true, do you know who this may been? Thank you!

[@bigm9228]

After NKVD “persuasions”, they all confessed.

[@josephmanriquez175]

St.alin's way or the Highway

[@kennyronald1886]

This is what's happening now.

[@jazz4asahel]

And so few understand this.

[@timfrye3586]

Fascinating and concise video, thank you for your efforts. In his consolidation of power and elimination of any opposition Stalin targeted anybody else with power or ideological differences, but also targeted random supporters to give the Terror an unpredictable menace. Instead of a focus on the victims, I wonder if you have any insights on how people managed to avoid making themselves targets while accomplishing Stalin's bidding. Zhukov and Kruchev for example were both talented stalwarts who managed to keep their positions and lives while carrying out the State's bidding, but slavish subservience was not enough to save other henchmen from ending up on the wrong side of Stalin's Terror. Have you noted any "Purge Survival Tips" or shared characteristics that allowed some people to survive outside of dumb luck or Stalin's whims?

[@fredflintstone8998]

Ahhh... targeting random supporters - yes, very clever and explains a lot. Keep the entire population on their toes - anyone can be next.

[@enitivy]

Why people keep don't understand this years? 1937-1938 were only Ezhov's years. The repressions were called "Ezhov repressions" not Stalin's. Stalin's name is being trashed very often because Khrushchev (traitor) destroyed his good name, Stalin was a genius, he took destroyed country and left it with very rich industrial country with much nukes. I think every person that hates Stalin should blame NKVD's commanders

[@enitivy]

@aua ?

[@Evil0tto]

@@enitivy It means someone who still clings to fantasies about Stalin not being a mass murdering psychopath. Stalin was a monster, and those who idolize him (you) are contemptible.

[@nick-jo3hy]

I recommend "the gulag archipelago" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. A moving depiction of those times and the authors reflections on them. In case you don't know it it's such a classic your local library probably has a copy.

[@ShiningSta18486]

Solzhenitsyn was a fascist

[@nauticalnovice9244]

That book is full of propaganda

[@nick-jo3hy]

@@nauticalnovice9244 Well it's written about stuff that did happen and it's written from the perspective of the author who lived through it. But if you don't think it's true .... ?

[@nauticalnovice9244]

@@nick-jo3hy living through it doesn't mean that the events described and everything else in it is true, I've never read it but I did read critical reviews about it that analysed it and there's several unfounded claims and the math doesn't add up either that's in it, one good article of it is from "Workers Today"

[@nick-jo3hy]

@@nauticalnovice9244 I accept your point that, his having been there, doesn't necessarily mean that a witnesses evidence is credible. Further I am sure that Solzhenitsyn had a specific view point that he wrote from but I'm not sure that that qualifies his work as propaganda. Even if it did get used as such after it was written. It is very much to your credit that you admit straight away, to never having read the book but I would ask what "claims" the book made which you think unfounded, and if you think these unlikely to be true, Why? Similarly with the maths, what specific claims or numbers do you think fail to "add up"? I still recommend it as it gives a window into the lives people lead during a terrible piece of history not so very long ago and because it is beautifully written and has a style surprisingly easy to read and follow despite the profundity of it's content (in my opinion having only read it in the english translation)

[@grandspringdale838]

It's a good thing this is never gonna happen here😎

[@asnark7115]

The moment a politician, priest or neighbor suggests in your ear that you need to (blah-blah-blah) to proclaim your virtue? That's one of those moments in life which inspired the 1A and 2A.

[@hddun]

Excellent presentation. Your narration is SPOT ON Sir. And the mix of your dialog with the old film and still pictures in B&W contrasts make it especially information. Thank you for putting us into those times and the people who were the Soviet Communists. Seems to me like a job I would NOT want to have due to the high mortality rate it was probably safer to be a coal miner..(BTW: maybe less hand movements..it kind of distracts slightly from your discussion...no critique, I gave big US Corporate executives tech presentation at IBM and I had someone tell me that I needed to reduce my movements unless I was wanting to push a point of the products value --- but again your knowledge of history is 5 STAR...thanks

[@simonrolph3882]

Got to hand it to him, very effective. Today it's drip, drip, drip...until people wake up and realise it's too late..

[@stevecoscia]

Very informative and also very sad. Amazing that this is not mainstream education among those who seek communism and socialism in the USA. Thank you.

[@traz5532]

I'm here to learn about this because I heard about it from a TikTok video I saw on Instagram.

[@res3382]

A Finnish co-worker told me that in Scandinavia and other parts of Europe they have an expression called "The Russian Way"-which means the WRONG way to do anything. This apples to everything from the mundane to the large.

[@Zapper-kq1zg]

your Finnish friend is just a Russophobe and does not know the Russian mentality

[@nynkevdheide8364]

Interesting!

[@mikebellis5713]

Stalin - Roosevelt's hero

[@simonbrace9654]

Thanks so much for your work. I am reading the Black Book of Communism. Terrifying read. Jacobin spirit on steroids.

[@joe_yankee]

Don't read the Black Book of Communism. All but one of the authors have retracted their name from the book and they included nonsensical deaths such as from the Nazi Wehrmacht were added to get the number to 100,000,000.

[@juliusceasar8485]

Those who are asking for it.... are the ones that gonna suffer the greatest.....

[@JamieZero7]

What's some good books about the purge and Stalins regime?

[@frederickthegreatpodcast382]

Very interesting !

[@EarlVy]

number of victims of great purge was merely 10% of those, who were killed during colectivisation in 1930s. Not mentioning victims of numerous famines and civil war

[@thebestofallworlds187]

and a lot of the great purge got Jews, who were most of the first Soviet govt.

[@Domdeone1]

Still on my list.. From Double Eagle to Red Flag by General Krasnov

[@GabrielCCCP]

Did anyone realized Who is the man at 14:09 ???? Its Sergei Korolev, the rocket scientist.

[@badtexasbill5261]

This would be great viewing for young westerners. These "victims " were the people willing to commit any violent, depraved act in the service of those who would ultimately exterminate them. Hello, Portland!!!!

[@frederickthegreatpodcast382]

How did Lavrenty Beria survive the purges? I heard that he was really good at basically brown-nosing Stalin. Is this true?

[@HoH]

Beria started as head of the NKVD in 1939, replacing Yezhov (he became his deputy a year before that). He ensured the elimination of Yezhov and oversaw the NKVD during World War II and afterwards. He was responsible for multiple crimes against humanity, such as the Katyn massacre in Poland. Beria was executed shortly after Stalin's death in 1953. This was due to Beria betting on the wrong horse: he issued lots of reforms in Soviet Satellite states, which resulted in uprisings (among which the East German uprising). Khrushchev, his rival, eventually convinced other top Soviet officials and military leaders to support a coup against Beria (who allied himself with Malenkov). He was shot and Khrushchev succeeded him.

[@frogchip6484]

Alec Avdakov Stalin referred to Beria as “my Himmler”

[@julianshepherd2038]

Stalin "I will drain the swamp."

[@Lachausis]

While himself being the biggest toad in the swamp.

[@tommywilson4027]

Stalin was the swamp; oh and by the way who just told the American military to stand down until they are purged of "dangerous" enemies of the state?

[@squatch545]

@@scotttild What an idiotic comment.

[@royal1investments]

Sure chief and yet every extreme political ideology imposed on human history has come from the LEFT. Communism (left). National-Socialist; aka nazi (left).

[@michaelfuller2153]

Solzhenitsyn: "...that murky soul..."

[@brankodrljaca1313]

Video is wrong on Stalin's plan to execute Kirov. Kotkin, Overy, Getty and other are all saying that there is no indication that Stalin wanted Kirov removed or killed. In fact, he was a guy whom he entrusted to check on Leningrad's Communist and find who aren't effective or loyal to Stalin. Nothing in documents shows that Stalin wanted Kirov murdered or that "opposition block" wanted to install Kirov. They were unable to unite and depose Stalin in 1932 during Ryutin affair and were even less powerful in 1934, not to mention that Kirov was Stalin's man.

[@k9builder]

Sounds like history is repeating itself.

[@Ukie88]

To all the people drawing parallels to the Democrats of 2020......breath deeply , be logical, and read more history. Maybe talk to some elders.

[@jacobalexander9133]

It's mostly ignorance and propaganda. Biden is clearly far from Stalin and is centre left, not communist, but so many still call him a communist.

[@rowdyrx6109]

@@jacobalexander9133 It’s not Biden . Others are pulling his strings

[@Charles-hy6gp]

@@rowdyrx6109 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2LCnXabaNusr8U Wall Street and Corporations want Capitalism, not Communism. Did they commit farmines around the USA? Biden had 8 years as a VPOTUS and his policy is nothing compared to Stalin

[@rowdyrx6109]

@@Charles-hy6gp thank you