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| Topic(s) Covered | |
| Prologue: The Holiday Dinner, 8 November 1932 | Suicide of Nadya (Disc 1, Track 1 - Disc 1, Track 5) Disc 1, Track 4 covers the central event |
1: That Wonderful Time: Stalin and Nadya, 1878-1932 |
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| 1. The Georgian and the Schoolgirl | Early Life (Disc 1, Track 5) Early Career (1,6) Role in Revolution and under Lenin (1,7) Rise to Power (1,8) |
| 2. The Kremlin Family | Profile: Molotov |
| 3. The Charmer | Attacks on the Kulaks (1,9) |
| 4. Famine and the Country Set: Stalin at the Weekend | Attacks on Ryutin and Tukhachevsky (1,11) Profile: Kaganovich (1,12) Attacks on the Kulaks (1,12) |
| 5. Holidays and Hell: The Politburo at the Seaside | Profile: Beria (1,13) |
| 6. Trains Full of Corpses | Profile: Mikoyan (1,13) Famine (Disc 2, Track 1) Stalin and Nadya under stress (2,2) Ryutin Platform (2,3) |
| 7. Stalin the Intellectual | Stalin, Gorky and the Intelligentsia (2,4) |
2: The Jolly Fellows: Stalin and Kirov, 1932-34 |
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| 8. The Funeral | Nadya's Funeral (2,5) Profile: Kirov (2,6) |
| 9. Sergo the Bolshevik Prince | Profile: Sergo (2,8) |
| 10. The 17th Congress | Kirov and the 17th Congress (2,8-2,9) |
| 11. Assassination of the Favourite | More on Culture (2,9) Profile: Zhdanov (2,10) Assassination of Kirov (2,10) |
3: On the Brink, 1934-36 |
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| 12. The Conisseur of Funerals | Aftermath of Kirov's death (2,11) |
| 13. The Rose of Novogorod | Cinema and Cult of Personality (2,13) |
| 14. The Dwarf Rises | Profile: Yezhov (Disc 3, Track 1) |
| 15. The Tsar Rides the Metro | Stalin and the Moscow Underground (3,2) Treatment of Children (3,3) |
| 16. The Show Trials | The Show Trials (3,4) |
4: Slaughter - Yezhov the Poison Dwarf, 1937-38 |
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| 17. Beria's Poison and Bukharin's Dosage | Kamenev and Zinoviev Executed (3,5) Noose tightens on Bukharin (3,6) |
| 18. Sergo - Death of the Perfect Bolshevik | Death of Sergo and Bukharin (3,8) |
| 19. The Massaf Generals and the Fall of Yagoda | Yagoda arrested and disgraced (3,9) Tukhachevsky arrested and executed (3,10) |
| 20. Blood Bath by Numbers | Overview of the Terror (3,11) Magnates terrorised (3,12) |
| 21. The Blackberry at Work and Play | Yezhov in action (3,13) |
| 22. Bloody Shirtsleeves: The Intimate Circle of Murder | Torture methods / Terror escalates (3,13) Profile: Malenkov (Disc 4, Track 1) |
| 23. Social Life in the Terror | Impact on Children (4,2) |
5: Slaughter - Beria Arrives, 1938-39 |
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| 24. Stalin's Jewesses | [personal stuff] |
| 25. Beria and the Weariness of Hangmen | Profile: Beria; Yezhov falls (4,3 - 4,4) |
| 26. The Tragedy and the Depravity of the Yezhovs | Beria tortures and intimidates (4,5) |
| 27. Death of the Stalin Family | Yezhov arrested / tortured (end portion of 4,7) |
6. The Great Game - Hitler and Stalin, 1939-41 |
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| 28. Molotov and Ribbentrop | Background to foreign policy (4,8) The Nazi-Soviet Pact (4,9) Invasion of Poland and Stalin's role (4,10) |
| 29. The Murder of the Wives | Gruesome tortures (4,11) Yezhov executed (4,12) |
| 30. The Winter War | Incompetence in Finland (4,13) |
| 31. Molotov meets Hitler | Blitzkrieg; Fall of France (4,14) |
| 32. The Countdown: 22 June 1941 | Operation Barbarossa (Disc 5, Track 3) |
7. War - The Bungling Genius, 1941-42 |
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| 33. Optimism and Breakdown | Stalin collapses (5,4) Soviet Army in full retreat (5,5) Stalin asked to return to work (5,6) The retreat continues (5,7) |
| 34. Zhdanov and the Siege of Leningrad | Siege of Leningrad (5,8) |
| 35. 'Can you Hold Moscow?' | Battle for Moscow (5,9) Stalin decides to stay in Moscow (5,10) |
| 36. Molotov, Mekhlis and Khrushchev | Molotov visits London (5,12) |
| 37. Churchill visits Stalin | Churchill visits Stalin (5,13) Stalin throws a party for Churchill (Disc 6, Track 1) |
| 38. Stalingrad and the Caucasus: Beria and Kaganovich | Stalingrad attacked (6,2) |
8. War - The Triumphant Genius, 1942-45 |
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| 39. The Supremo of Stalingrad | The tide turns in Stalingrad (6,3) Nazis defeated in Stalingrad (6,4) |
| 40. Sons and Daughters: Stalin and the Politburo's Children at War | [Personal stuff] |
| 41. Stalin's Song Contest | Culture: New national anthem (6,6) |
| 42. Teheran: Roosevelt and Stalin | Teheran Conference (6,7) Anecdotes about Teheran (6,8) |
| 43. Yalta and Berlin | Yalta (6,10) Attack on Berlin, death of Hitler (6,11) |
9. The Dangerous Game of Succession, 1945-49 |
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| 44. The Bomb | Stalin announces plan to retire (6,12) Stalin learns about the atomic bomb (6,12) |
| 45. Beria - Husband, Father, Rapist | Profile: Beria (6,13) |
| 46. Stalin's Nightime Movies | Stalin's Movies (Disc 7, Track 2) Stalin's Parties (7,3 - 7,4) |
| 47. Molotov's Chance | Stalin turns against Molotov, Zhukov, Beria (7,5) |
| 48. Zhdanov the Heir | Zhdanovschina; Zhukov falls (7,7) |
| 49. The Eclipse of Zhukov | |
| 50. The Zionists | |
| 51. A Lonely Old Man on Holiday | |
| 52. Two Strange Deaths | |
10. The Lame Tiger, 1949-53 |
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| 53. Mrs. Molotov's Arrest | |
| 54. The Leningrad Case | |
| 55. Mao, Stalin's Birthday and the Korean War | |
| 56. The Midget and the Killer Doctors | The Doctors' Case (Disc 8, Track 1) |
| 57. The Destruction of the Old Guard | |
| 58. The Patient and his Trembling Doctors |
