Any good documentaries?

RedBanner1920 · 10-15-2010, 11:48 AM

Are there any good documentaries out there in English on the collapse of the soviet union?

Pobeda45 · 10-15-2010, 01:18 PM

Other fellows can chime in on documentaries, but an absolutely excellent book on the subject is called "Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire." It had even won a Pulitzer!

George

RedBanner1920 · 10-15-2010, 02:41 PM

I'll check it out .Ive read a few books on it but im looking for something to just sit back on the couch and chill out.

***CtahhR*** · 10-15-2010, 08:40 PM

Pulitzer? is that like a Lenin or Stalin literature award?

Pobeda45 · 10-15-2010, 09:10 PM

Of course. Stalin Prize, 1st Degree.

***CtahhR*** · 10-15-2010, 09:17 PM

This land is "Little Land", This land is "Little Land", "Little Land" belongs to the Leninist-Marxist Cause....... Not quite the Botev Prize.

pastfinder · 10-16-2010, 07:45 AM

This thread is relevant to my interests

One that is not Soviet, but worth checking out is the BBC production of "Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation." I need to get a copy on DVD...have it via the internet, but want something I can use with my students.

***CtahhR*** · 10-16-2010, 08:19 AM

I enjoyed the EU produced "The Soviet Story" and the BBC's "Stalin Behind Closed Doors" in fact there are so many BBC documentaries worth mentioning that I will have to go away and compile a list. I have the Yugoslavia documentary but have not yet got round to watching it. Believe it or not another thing I collect is Documentaries... I prefer the ones that at very least have English subtitles because watching German language Austrian TV programmes broadcast on Danish TV with Danish subtitles and viewing in Sweden sometimes made my head hurt!

RedBanner1920 · 10-16-2010, 09:43 AM

Soviet story is good . Theres a hand full of good revolution to stalin documentaries. But i haven't seen any on the soviet union from the 1980-90's

Eryk · 10-16-2010, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by CtahhR

... because watching German language Austrian TV programmes broadcast on Danish TV with Danish subtitles and viewing in Sweden sometimes made my head hurt!

I too would be interested in a good English language documentary.

Funny, but I still remember were I was (parking lot of the Rouge axle plant, hearing it on my car radio), when news broke of the coup in 1991. One of those moments in politics/history.

10-15-2010, 11:48 AM	#1
RedBanner1920 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jerusalem Age: 42 Posts: 76	Any good documentaries? Are there any good documentaries out there in English on the collapse of the soviet union?

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Pobeda45 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 605	Re: Any good documentaries? Other fellows can chime in on documentaries, but an absolutely excellent book on the subject is called "Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire." It had even won a Pulitzer! George

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RedBanner1920 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jerusalem Age: 42 Posts: 76	Re: Any good documentaries? I'll check it out .Ive read a few books on it but im looking for something to just sit back on the couch and chill out.

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*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Any good documentaries? Pulitzer? is that like a Lenin or Stalin literature award?

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Pobeda45 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 605	Re: Any good documentaries? Of course. Stalin Prize, 1st Degree.

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*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Any good documentaries? This land is "Little Land", This land is "Little Land", "Little Land" belongs to the Leninist-Marxist Cause....... Not quite the Botev Prize.

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pastfinder Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Carolina Age: 43 Posts: 168	Re: Any good documentaries? This thread is relevant to my interests One that is not Soviet, but worth checking out is the BBC production of "Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation." I need to get a copy on DVD...have it via the internet, but want something I can use with my students.

10-16-2010, 08:19 AM	#8
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Any good documentaries? I enjoyed the EU produced "The Soviet Story" and the BBC's "Stalin Behind Closed Doors" in fact there are so many BBC documentaries worth mentioning that I will have to go away and compile a list. I have the Yugoslavia documentary but have not yet got round to watching it. Believe it or not another thing I collect is Documentaries... I prefer the ones that at very least have English subtitles because watching German language Austrian TV programmes broadcast on Danish TV with Danish subtitles and viewing in Sweden sometimes made my head hurt!

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RedBanner1920 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jerusalem Age: 42 Posts: 76	Re: Any good documentaries? Soviet story is good . Theres a hand full of good revolution to stalin documentaries. But i haven't seen any on the soviet union from the 1980-90's

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