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The Gulag Archipelago: The Book That Changed Russian History

The Gulag Archipelago: The Book That Changed Russian History

The story of Russian writer and Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn...

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016....

The Conscience

The Conscience

Petrograd, Soviet Union, 1920s. Boris Letush, devastated by a personal...

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in...

The Long Breakup

The Long Breakup

Ukrainian journalist Katya Soldak, currently living in New York City...

Kasparov: Chess Rebel

Kasparov: Chess Rebel

The extraordinary life and career of the Russian chess grandmaster...

Stolen Children

Stolen Children

June 1941, during World War II. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler orders...

I Invite You to My Execution

I Invite You to My Execution

As Russian writer Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) thinks it is impossible...

Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, is remembered as...

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

The convoluted and moving story of Russian writer Vassili Grossman...

Extinction

Extinction

The end of the Cold War did not bring about...

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov,...

The Chosen

The Chosen

Spain, 1937. Ramón Mercader, a young communist combatant, is recruited...

Woman with an Editing Bench

Woman with an Editing Bench

Inspired by the woman who edited "Man with a Movie...

Rasputin: Murder in the Tsar's Court

Rasputin: Murder in the Tsar's Court

St. Petersburg, Russia, December 30th, 1916. Grigori Rasputin is assassinated....

Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

Communism spread to all of the continents of the word,...

The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars

Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17th, 1917. Czar Nicholas II Romanov and...

This Ain't California

This Ain't California

A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the...

The Fire and the Rose

The Fire and the Rose

A documentary on the life and work of the composer...

The Restless Garden

The Restless Garden

Summer 1991. The last days of the Soviet Empire. Dark...

Katyn

Katyn

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World...

Gulag

This excellent and breathtaking documentary is the result of a...