Joseph Stalin: The Man Who Ruled by Fear

Episode 1 | Human History — IndividualsIn this History episode we focus on Joseph Stalin — the son of a drunk from provincial Georgia who trained for the priesthood, became a revolutionary bank robber, and through cunning that none of his rivals understood until it was too late, seized absolute power over one sixth of the earth's surface.This episode covers his rise through the Bolshevik underground, the purges that killed millions of his own people, the collectivization famine that killed five to seven million in Ukraine alone, the pact with Hitler and the catastrophic invasion that followed, and the country that genuinely mourned him when he died on the floor of his dacha because no one dared enter without permission.He industrialized a nation, defeated Hitler, and killed millions to do it.#HistoryMystery #JosephStalin #SovietUnion #WorldWarII #HistoryPodcast