Joseph Stalin: The Red Terror

20 million Soviet Citizens died at his hand. For a quarter of a century, he ruled his huge Empire with a ruthless iron fist. Terror was his modus operandi – while he was alive, no one, not even his closest family members, were safe. Yet, at his passing he was mourned as the savior of his people.

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Steve Theunissen
Producer - Samuel Avila
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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Source/Further reading:

Ian Grey: Stalin (Kindle Edition)
Robert Service: Stalin: A Biography (Kindle Edition)
Stalin: Inside the Terror (video)

[Snakeeyes]

Waldo: *disagrees with Stalin*

Rest of the world: "Where's Waldo?"

[WhatInTarnation]

Gotta love when Stalin gave a speech after which the crowd started applauding, but after applauding for awhile nobody wanted to be the first person to stop clapping for fear of being accused of not being loyal to Stalin. So everyone kept applauding for about 3 minutes straight until Stalin got angry and ordered everyone to stop.

[jonathanc.]

Imagine going back in time and showing Stalin the entire Comment section of this video.

[zeyeff]

'Stalin's son gets captured'

Stalin: I have never met this man in my life

[RictusHolloweye]

"Dark humour is like food. Not everybody gets it" - Joseph Stalin

[harrisonofcolorado]

Soviet officer: Dude you're really messed up. What is wrong with you?

Stalin: My father used to punish me severely.

[piggleman]

“I have no son by that name.” I cannot emphasize enough how evil that is.

[deinVater]

Joseph loved that girl. Joseph wanted to confess his feelings to her. But Joseph was shy. Joseph stalling.

[drewboden]

"You're like Hitler, but at least Hitler cared about Germany or something!"
- Morty Smith

[Taizu]

Stalin disowning his first born leaving him to be killed by the Nazis was so cold it would’ve put Elsa to shame. Damn.

[tristenbrown]

*20M citizens and 6M soldiers die*
“Sorry I was in a silly goofy mood”
-Joseph Stalin

[altvrpiece]

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" - George Orwell

[stevemcdigstraightdown]

Stalin sang in the choir.
Imagine that.

[josephleonard]

the entire planet: *What is wrong with you, Stalin?!*

Stalin: *My daddy beat me like a dog and now I'm evil.*

[ignitionfrn]

0:35 - Chapter 1 - Early life
2:05 - Chapter 2 - Koba emerges
4:10 - Chapter 3 - Man of steel
9:00 - Chapter 4 - Total control
10:20 - Chapter 5 - Collectivization
12:25 - Chapter 6 - The great terror
14:10 - Chapter 7 - Facing hitler
18:20 - Chapter 8 - The end

[thecitizenoftheinternet]

Fun fact: Stalin got nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 and 1948.

[NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

*edit: i thought he died directly from his stroke, ive been corrected that he died several days after said stroke, and his policy on keeping people away caused a fatal delay in his treatment rather.*

During his paralyzing stroke, he actually rotted away in his room since he'd train all those close to him in location and rank to NEVER open the door to his private bedroom under no circumstances unless directly invited in by himself, lest they face being put to death. So during his stroke, unable to talk, he *spent hours on the floor as his subordinates knocked on his door asking if anything was wrong. This delay in his treatment caused his condition to basically hit rock bottom and he rotted away in his bed over the next few days.* Karma at its absolute finest.

[theblueskyisstolensunlight]

As they say in Russia, “It was when half of the population was in jail while other half guarding them”

[cheffrey]

I'm glad you covered the deaths of his two wives - they always struck me as pivotal moments in the shaping of Stalin. Had his first wife lived and Stalin remained a little happier, would things have turned out differently for Russia? Would Germany have suffered less if Hitler had been accepted by his art school? It's impossible to answer but sometimes it seems like huge events could hang on such tiny details.

[sidewaysfcs]

"Imperial Russian Empire"

We get it, they're big