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Svetlana! Svetlana! The Strange Life of Josef Stalin's Daughter, with Dan Kitrosser

Ridiculous History

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Stalinism and the Soviet Union

In 1917, or 1916 1917 when the Bolsheviks took power and knocked out the czars, people's lives were really, really terrible. Nicholas consolidated power in a way that like gave such little freedom to the average Russian. And so the Bolsheviks really wanted to share the wealth but what ended up happening is they realized the way to do it was through fascism.

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