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Stalin: Ruler of the Soviet Empire

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24min | Aired on Apr 09, 1996 | TV-14 V | CC |

The Iron Curtain parts for a portrait of Joseph Stalin, the Russian dictator who ruled supreme over the Soviet Union from 1929-1953. Through methods of fear and intimidation, as well as death, millions of his own citizens died under his regime.

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