Stalin: The Dictator Who Reshaped the 20th Century — Fexingo History
FexingoJoseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for nearly three decades, transforming a shattered empire into a global superpower through industrialization, terror, and total war. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through the arc of Stalin's life — from his Georgian boyhood and bank-robbing revolutionary years to the purges of the 1930s, the Great Patriotic War, and the post-war consolidation of the Eastern Bl... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 94 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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In 1933, as the Holodomor ravaged Ukraine, another famine of catastrophic scale unfolded in the Kazakh steppe. This episode examines how Stalin's forced collectivization and sedentarization of the nomadic Kazakhs led to the deaths of over one million... more
In August 1932, as the Soviet Union reeled from famine and industrialization chaos, Stalin signed Decree No. 7/735 — the 'Law on the Protection of Socialist Property,' known colloquially as the 'Law of Five Ears of Grain.' This episode explores the d... more
Just weeks before the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Stalin ordered the execution of dozens of top Soviet air force commanders—men who had gained crucial combat experience in Spain, China, and against Japan. In this episode, Lucas and Luna expl... more
In 1937, the Soviet Union commemorated the centenary of Alexander Pushkin's death with unprecedented scale—statues, editions, parades, and a carefully curated image of the poet as a proto-revolutionary. This episode explores how Stalin's regime weapo... more
In this episode of Stalin: The Dictator Who Reshaped the 20th Century, Lucas and Luna explore the 1928 Shakhty Trial, the first major show trial under Stalin. They discuss how a group of mining engineers in the Donbas region were accused of sabotage,... more
In 1947, Stalin turned on the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC), a wartime propaganda tool that had rallied Jewish support worldwide. This episode follows the purge from the arrest of actor Solomon Mikhoels to the secret trial of JAC members like L... more
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the 872-day siege of Leningrad, focusing on the winter of 1941-1942 when starvation claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. They discuss the failure of Soviet planning, the role of Andrei Zhdanov, the civilian ... more
In this episode, we explore Stalin's 1947 election speech, a pivotal moment that crystallized Soviet Cold War ideology. Lucas and Luna dissect the speech's context: the post-war devastation, the breakdown of wartime alliances, and Stalin's rhetoric o... more
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A history-focused show that examines 20th-century geopolitics and totalitarian regimes through detailed narrative and archival sourcing. Recent episodes center on Stalin's rule, including his cult of personality, mass repression, and wartime strategy, as well as the broader Soviet system—NKVD surveillance, the famine, show trials, and key negotiations shaping the Cold War. The hosts blend political storytelling with historiography, often contrasting official narratives with declassified materials and scholarly debate. Listeners can expect thorough, source-driven discussions that connect human cost to macro events, plus occasional forays into how memory and propaganda shape contemporary understanding of the Soviet era. A standout trait is th... more
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