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Back up to: Russia: The Wild East

1. The Lessons of History

   25/25 Martin Sixsmith asks whether Russia will always return to the rule of autocracy?
2. Return of the Fist

   24/25 Vladimir Putin comes to power determined to re-establish Russia as a world power.
3. Brave New World?

   23/25 After the collapse of the USSR Boris Yeltsin's reforms lead to chaos.
4. The Moscow Coup

   22/25 Martin Sixsmith describes the tumultuous events that took place in Moscow in 1991.
5. Gorbachev vs Yeltsin

   21/25 Yeltsin becomes Russian President and challenges the authority of Gorbachev's USSR.
6. The Shape of Things to Come

   20/25 Mikhail Gorbachev takes power and we learn a new word: Glasnost.
7. The Brezhnev Years

   19/25 Brezhnev begins the decline that leads to the collapse of the USSR.
8. The Rise and Fall of Khrushchev

   18/25 Khrushchev puts Gargarin into space but will resign in ignominy.
9. The Secret Speech/Scramble for Power

   17/25 Khrushchev denounces Stalin's record as Stalin's henchmen vie to take his place..
10. The Doctor's Plot

    16/25 Communism's star rises, but Stalin dies before he can carry out his next round of purges.
11. The Iron Curtain

    15/25 East and West divide up Europe, Russia develops the bomb and the Cold War begins.
12. The Spoils of War

    14/25 Hopes of greater freedoms after the war are crushed by Stalin.
13. Episode 13

    13/25 At huge cost, Russia drives the Germans back to Berlin and defeat.
14. Redemption through Blood

    12/25 The Siege of Leningrad epitomises the courage of the Soviet people.
15. The Great Patriotic War

    11/25 Stalin evokes heroes of the past to inspire Russian heroism against Hitler.
16. The Faustian Pact

    10/25 Stalin signs an accord with Hitler that will enslave half of Europe.
17. Show Trials

    9/25 Millions are to die, as Stalin begins his purges of political enemies, real and imagined.
18. Socialist Realism

    8/25 The doctrine of Socialist Realism subordinates the creative arts to the will of the state.
19. Industrialisation

    7/25 Stalin's Five Year Plans modernise the economy but create misery for the people.
20. Collectivisation

    6/25 Martin Sixsmith shows how collectivisation led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians.
21. The Death of Lenin and Rise of Stalin

    5/25 By Martin Sixsmith. Stalin crushes all opposition to emerge as Lenin's successor.
22. The People's Revolt

    4/25 By Martin Sixsmith. Lenin is forced to offer the Kronshtadt rebels his New Economic Policy
23. Terror

    3/25 By Martin Sixsmith. An attempt on Lenin's life leads to harsh reprisals and near-anarchy.
24. Murder of the Royal Family

    2/25 Martin Sixsmith recounts how civil war rages as Lenin tries to consolidate power.
25. Twelve Hours of Democracy

    1/25 Martin Sixsmith's major series tracing 1000 years of Russian history resumes. It is 1917.