: Covers Stalin's early life, his activities as a bank robber, his rise through the Bolshevik Party with the help of Lenin, and the seizure of power during the October Revolution.

: Follows the Soviet path toward liberation in 1944. As troops move toward Berlin and discover Hitler's extermination camps, the series reflects on how Stalin transformed his country through terror to impose a new social order. Production Details

The 2015 documentary series (directed by Isabelle Clarke and Daniel Costelle) tells the story of Joseph Jughashvili’s transformation from a cobbler’s son in Georgia into the absolute ruler of the Soviet Union.

The series explores whether Stalin was the man who defeated Nazism or the greatest criminal of his time through three distinct chapters: