Putin: The New Tsar

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

The story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin over the 245 days that brought them to power. As the history unfolds, writers and historians deba...

01: Comrades: 1917-1945 | Cold War

Both the United States and the Soviet Union drifted apart after the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Russian Civil War and the Paris Peace ...

S02E09: Cold War Spies: 1960 U-2 incident | Days That Shook the World

This program focuses on the shooting down of the US U-2 spy plane in 1960.

Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster | Surviving Disaster

In April 1986 a blast at a Soviet nuclear plant emits 400 times more radiation than the bomb at Hiroshima-the UN claims it ha...

S01E05: The Murder of the Romanovs | Days That Shook the World

This program examines events marking the beginning and end of communism in Eastern Europe, including the execu...

Stalin: Inside the Terror

Documentary that uncovers the private and family life of the Soviet dictator. Using reconstructions, it also attempts to discover Stalin's motives ...

Learning Zone | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

A version made specially for schools of the BBC Two history series on Britain and the Cold War. Presented by Dominic Sandbrook.

The Soviets: 03: Stalin Takes Control | History File

This programmeramme covers Stalin.

S02E06: Yuri Gagarin's Flight | Days That Shook the World

Yuri Gagarin's journey as the first man in space.

Two Tribes | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Dominic Sandbrook examines the Cold War years. In the 1970s and '80s, as the end of the world seemed a real possibility, everythi...

Growth of Stalin's terror | Stalin: Inside the Terror

After Lenin's death, Stalin seizes control of the funeral and uses the occasion to sideline Trotsky, consolidating his ...

Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin | Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

An introduction to the lives and personalities of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin.

The Looking Glass War | Strange Days: Cold War Britain

Dominic Sandbrook examines the Cold War years, looking at the frontline of the conflict as consumerism was pitched aga...

The Soviets: 04: Life Under Stalin | History File

This programme looks at the Cold War.

Bloody Sunday | Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

In 1905, 150,000 workers protested at the winter palace and after a year of revolution, Nicholas II ins...

Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones | Storyville

An investigation into the mysterious death of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones, who revealed the starvation deaths of millions in 1930s...

The Soviets: 01: The Fall of Tsarism | History File

This programme at fall of Tsarism.

05: Stalin | Walden on Villains

A look at Joseph Stalin , leader of Soviet Russia and the biggest mass murderer in history, who ordered the deaths of 22 million people but w...

08: Sputnik: 1949-1961 | Cold War

As a consequence of the atomic spies, the Soviet Union joined the nuclear club, and the two superpowers compete to develop their nuclear ar...

21: Spies: 1944-1994 | Cold War

Throughout the Cold War both sides sought intelligence about their opponents using spies, satellites and other means. For political reasons, ...