"Life Has Become More Joyous!" (The Revolution From Above Part 3)
The Cultural Revolution signaled the "Great Break" that promised to generate a new Soviet society. The Communist Party set out to revolutionize Soviet culture. They attacked the old intelligentsia, sm...
28 Aug 1h
Changes in Soviet Law : "Strengthening Socialist Legality"
The 1930s transformed Soviet society. The state collectivized agriculture, built an enormous industrial economy, reshaped the cities, and established a political system that reached more deeply into e...
14 Aug 1h 15min
Five Years in Four! The Union's Race to Industrialize (The Revolution From Above Part 2)
From the launch of the First Five-Year Plan in 1928 to the eve of the German invasion in 1941, the Soviet Union underwent one of the most dramatic economic transformations in modern history. In little...
31 Jul 1h 23min
Collectivization and the Union's Great Gamble (The Revolution From Above Part 1)
Beginning in 1928, the Soviet Union embarked on one of the most radical and thoroughgoing economic experiments in human history: to transform its agricultural base from a quasi-feudal to a comprehensi...
17 Jul 1h 22min
They Are Both Worse Part 2
Matthew narrates the final clashes of the inner-party conflict that dominated soviet politics during its first decade and left Joseph Stalin and the marjoritist leadership in clear command of the USSR...
1 Jul 1h 14min
The First Ten Years of Soviet Power
Season Two is Here! From revolution to the consolidation of power - join us as we recap the first decade of Soviet history and examine how it set the stage for the turbulent and transformative USSR of...
17 Jun 1h 26min
They Are Both Worse Part 1: The Soviet Inner Party Conflict 1922-1927
The decade following the Russian Civil War was one of reconstruction, experimentation, and extraordinary uncertainty. The Soviet Union had survived foreign intervention, economic collapse, and armed c...
4 Mar 1h 8min
