Red Chapters: Turning Points in the History of Communism A Fatal Stroke (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 24 min | Documentary

Red Chapters: Turning Points in the History of Communism

A Fatal Stroke (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 24 min | Documentary

In late 1922, Lenin wrote a secret speech censuring General Secretary Stalin, to be read the following spring at the Twelfth Party Congress. But on March 9, 1923, Lenin suffered a debilitating stroke and the speech was never given. This ...See moreIn late 1922, Lenin wrote a secret speech censuring General Secretary Stalin, to be read the following spring at the Twelfth Party Congress. But on March 9, 1923, Lenin suffered a debilitating stroke and the speech was never given. This program focuses on the sequence of events surrounding the twist of fate that left Lenin speechless and presented Stalin with a way into supreme power. See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Orlando Figes Self Self See fewer	Anna Karenina (I) (2012)
Vladimir Lenin Self (archive footage) (as V.I. Lenin) Self (archive footage) (as V.I. Lenin) See fewer	Un'alba (1920)
Joseph Stalin Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Lev Trotskiy Self (archive footage) (as Leon Trotsky) Self (archive footage) (as Leon Trotsky) See fewer	The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)