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The Second Russian Revolution

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Runtime: 50m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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The acclaimed documentary series from 1991 that examined political in-fighting in the Soviet Union and the battle for perestroika.

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Status: Ended
First aired: May 31, 1991
Network: BBC Two
Studio: Brook Lapping Productions

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7 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

John Woodvine

Self - Narrator (voice)

SERIES

The Second Russian Revolution

19912 Seasons50m episodes

Documentary

Your rating

Runtime: 50m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

The acclaimed documentary series from 1991 that examined political in-fighting in the Soviet Union and the battle for perestroika.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs May 31, 1991 · 49m
Enter Gorbachev
How Mikhail Gorbachev became president of the Soviet Union. Yuri Andropov, the dying Secretary General, named Gorbachev as his successor, but the nomination was suppressed for two years by the conservatives.
E2 · Airs Jun 7, 1991 · 49m
The Battle for Glasnost
Follows the attempted coup while Gorbachev was away in March 1988, at how the Kremlin tried to cover up the Chernobyl disaster. Afterwards, glasnost flourished and Soviet society opened up.
E3 · Airs Jun 14, 1991 · 49m
The Yeltsin File
How Boris Yeltsin rose to the top as a Soviet Communist Party official and how he came to fall out with Mikhail Gorbachev.
E4 · Airs Jun 21, 1991 · 49m
Revolution from Below
The first Congress of People's Deputies was elected in 1989, but a new rebelliousness was soon unleashed. Soviet miners protested and, for the first time since Lenin, the State gave in.
E5 · Airs Jun 28, 1991 · 49m
Breaking Ranks
At first nationalism in Lithuania, Armenia and elsewhere was encouraged, but the nationalists were demanding independence. Gorbachev's aides reveal what he said to Ceausescu of Romania, Landsbergis of Lithuania and other leaders of communist-bloc countries of the time.
E6 · Airs Jul 5, 1991 · 49m
End of the Beginning
Gorbachev visited London in 1991 to ask world leaders for aid, and they demanded that he move to an open market economy. His plan to do so failed. The programme contains tapes of Gorbachev’s meetings with Deputies and interviews with Yeltsin and Shevardnadze.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: May 31, 1991
Network: BBC Two
Studio: Brook Lapping Productions

Time to finish

7 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

John Woodvine

Self - Narrator (voice)

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