Backdrop
2026 Documentary War & Politics

Suuri vaino

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.

9.0 TMDB RATING
WATCH SERIES

Principal Cast

Mikhail Gylling

Self - Medical Doctor

Nikolaj Iwanow

Self - Professor of History, University of Opole

Aleksi Mainio

Self - Leader of the Project on Stalin's Purges

Kimmo Rentola

Self - Professor of Political History, University of Helsinki

Anni Reuter

Self - Doctor of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki

Meelis Saueauk

Self - Doctor of History, Institute of Estonian Historical Memory

Ina Susi

Self - Teacher

Anneli Ranta

Self - Narrator (voice)

Gints Apals

Self - Head of Department, Latvian Occupation Museum

Jesse Hirvelä

Self - Historian, University of Helsinki

Kaisu Junkkonen

Self - Early Childhood Educator

Robert Kusnierz

Self - Professor of History, University of Pomerania

Maria Lähteenmäki

Self - Professor of History, University of Eastern Finland

Raija-Liisa Mäkelä

Self - Author

Jurii Shapoval

Self - Professor of History, LMU

You Might Also Like

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States

Series
7.6
Hitler's Circle of Evil

Hitler's Circle of Evil

Series
7.2
World War II with Tom Hanks

World War II with Tom Hanks

Series
8.0
The World at War

The World at War

Series
8.3
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

Series
8.0
The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War

Series
8.2
How to Become a Tyrant

How to Become a Tyrant

Series
7.3
The War

The War

Series
8.1
World War II in Colour

World War II in Colour

Series
7.6
The Civil War

The Civil War

Series
7.9
WWII in HD

WWII in HD

Series
7.6
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

Series
7.9