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Moscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.

A non-NATO nuclear missile is fired from Turkey at USSR, where it detonates. Soviet response is automatic as it's seen as a NATO missile. Can continued escalation be avoided? We follow the US president and a bomber crew.

A British satire on the beginning of WWIII.

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin.

The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.

A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The rise of Stalin, from his early beginning as a bankrobber to the cold-blooded leader of the Soviet Union.

This is the story about the son of one of the greatest tyrants of the Twentieth Century- Joseph Stalin's flesh and blood, Vasily.

Narrated by Morgan Freeman, "JFK: A President Betrayed" uncovers new evidence that reveals how JFK embarked on secret back channel peace efforts with Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro and was determined to get the US out of Vietnam.

About Stalin's inner circle who he starts seeing as untrustworthy.

The 14-episodes TV series tells the story of Nikolai Vlasik (May 22, 1896 - June 18, 1967), a Soviet security official and General, best known as a head of Joseph Stalin's personal security.

A story showing the 3 allied leader's, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin's actions and relationships behind the scenes during World War 2. It isn't as friendly as it seems. Shows how close the war was to favoring the axis if the Soviet Union joined forces with Hitler's Nazi's.

Three anonymous songs about Lenin provide the basis for this documentary that celebrates the achievements of the Soviet Union and Lenin's role in creating them.

Tells the dramatic story of Stanislav Petrov, the Russian officer who, in 1983, saved the world from atomic war.

The Film depicts last month of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev as the head of USSR and also how he became the man he was.

Footage of Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev in the USA during his 1960 visit. Which includes meeting Frank Sinatra on the set of his film Can-Can.

The Soviet Union commanded the killing of 22 000 Polish prisoners in 1940. 4500 of them were killed in the Katyn forest, in Russia. This sheds light on the paranoid and cruel Soviet top ranks that made it happen.

The story of the unconditional, no-holds-barred tour of America by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, leader of World Communism and America's arch nemesis, during 13 sun-filled days in the fall of 1959.

Documentary covering 100 years of Russian history.

This is a project that tells about the key figures in the leadership of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1953.

Ullrich Kasten draws parallels between the trajectories of the two 20th century dictators, who never met each other but had in common their anti-Semitism and a form of paranoia. The director describes in particular the terrible game of liar's poker they played at the time of the German-Soviet pact. Thus, when Nazi Germany invaded the USSR on June 22, 1941, Stalin was dumbfounded. He was slow to react and gave contradictory orders. During this time, the German troops, hardened by several blitzkriegs, triumphed. The Führer already saw himself in Moscow, which he said he wanted to raze to the ground and replace with a huge artificial lake. Then, faced with his failure, he swore to destroy Stalingrad. This terrible battle will be the turning point of the war.

Color documentary film about the victory parade held on June 24, 1945, in Moscow, Red Square.

The story of Operation Overlord, the Allied operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied Western Europe on 6 June 1944 during World War II, and begin the march towards Berlin to defeat Hitler and the Third Reich.

Stalin was born Joseph Dzhugashvili in the Georgian town of Gori in 1879. He was an early activist in the Bolshevik movement, where he first assumed the pseudonym Stalin (which means "man of steel").