John Woodvine
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The acclaimed documentary series from 1991 that examined political in-fighting in the Soviet Union and the battle for perestroika.
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- 1. Enter GorbachevNow viewing1991-05-3149mHow Mikhail Gorbachev became president of the Soviet Union. Yuri Andropov, the dying Secretary General, named Gorbachev as his successor, but the nomination was suppressed for two years by the conservatives.
- 2. The Battle for Glasnost1991-06-0749mFollows the attempted coup while Gorbachev was away in March 1988, at how the Kremlin tried to cover up the Chernobyl disaster. Afterwards, glasnost flourished and Soviet society opened up.
- 3. The Yeltsin File1991-06-1449mHow Boris Yeltsin rose to the top as a Soviet Communist Party official and how he came to fall out with Mikhail Gorbachev.
- 4. Revolution from Below1991-06-2149mThe first Congress of People's Deputies was elected in 1989, but a new rebelliousness was soon unleashed. Soviet miners protested and, for the first time since Lenin, the State gave in.
- 5. Breaking Ranks1991-06-2849mAt first nationalism in Lithuania, Armenia and elsewhere was encouraged, but the nationalists were demanding independence. Gorbachev's aides reveal what he said to Ceausescu of Romania, Landsbergis of Lithuania and other leaders of communist-bloc countries of the time.
- 6. End of the Beginning1991-07-0549mGorbachev visited London in 1991 to ask world leaders for aid, and they demanded that he move to an open market economy. His plan to do so failed. The programme contains tapes of Gorbachev’s meetings with Deputies and interviews with Yeltsin and Shevardnadze.
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The Second Russian Revolution has 2 seasons and 8 episodes.
When did The Second Russian Revolution first air?
The Second Russian Revolution first aired in 1991.
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The Second Russian Revolution is classified as Documentary.