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Suuri vaino (2026)

9.0Documentary — War & Politics

The Great Purge orchastrated in the Soviet Union during 1937-38 cost almost 700 000 lives. Especially ethnic minorities were targeted. Four-part documentary tells the story of what happened to the people living the Soviet Union, and how the terror was built in the red dictatorship.

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Director: Tommi Pietiläinen

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Cast & crew

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Mikhail Gylling

Self - Medical Doctor

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Nikolaj Iwanow

Self - Professor of History, University of Opole

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Aleksi Mainio

Self - Leader of the Project on Stalin's Purges

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Kimmo Rentola

Self - Professor of Political History, University of Helsinki

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Anni Reuter

Self - Doctor of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki

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Meelis Saueauk

Self - Doctor of History, Institute of Estonian Historical Memory

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Ina Susi

Self - Teacher

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Anneli Ranta

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Gints Apals

Self - Head of Department, Latvian Occupation Museum

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Jesse Hirvelä

Self - Historian, University of Helsinki

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Kaisu Junkkonen

Self - Early Childhood Educator

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Robert Kusnierz

Self - Professor of History, University of Pomerania

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