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Suuri vaino

2026-02-16 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 9.0

Documentary · War & Politics

The Great Purge orchastrated in the Soviet Union during 1937-38 cost almost 700 000 lives. Especially ethnic minorities were targeted. Four-part documentary tells the story of what happened to the people living the Soviet Union, and how the terror was built in the red dictatorship.

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Creators
Toni Viljanmaa
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Finland
Status
Ended

Top Cast

Mikhail GyllingSelf - Medical Doctor
Nikolaj IwanowSelf - Professor of History, University of Opole
Aleksi MainioSelf - Leader of the Project on Stalin's Purges
Kimmo RentolaSelf - Professor of Political History, University of Helsinki
Anni ReuterSelf - Doctor of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki
Meelis SaueaukSelf - Doctor of History, Institute of Estonian Historical Memory
Ina SusiSelf - Teacher
Anneli RantaSelf - Narrator (voice)
Gints ApalsSelf - Head of Department, Latvian Occupation Museum
Jesse HirveläSelf - Historian, University of Helsinki
Kaisu JunkkonenSelf - Early Childhood Educator
Robert KusnierzSelf - Professor of History, University of Pomerania
Maria LähteenmäkiSelf - Professor of History, University of Eastern Finland
Raija-Liisa MäkeläSelf - Author
Jurii ShapovalSelf - Professor of History, LMU
Igor FreiSelf - Head Director, Ukrainian Theater of Finland
Eero HaapanenSelf - Historian
Ira Jänis-IsokangasSelf - Docent of History, University of Helsinki
Arvo KeränenSelf - Building Engineer
Toms KikutsSelf - Deputy Director, Latvian National History Museum

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