Suuri vaino

Documentary War & Politics

Suuri vaino

9.0(1 votes)

1 Season

4 Episodes

2026 – 2026

Ended

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.

Seasons

Season 1

4 episodes

Cast (26)

Mikhail Gylling

Self - Medical Doctor

Nikolaj Iwanow

Self - Professor of History, University of Opole

Aleksi Mainio

Self - Leader of the Project on Stalin's Purges

Kimmo Rentola

Self - Professor of Political History, University of Helsinki

Anni Reuter

Self - Doctor of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki

Meelis Saueauk

Self - Doctor of History, Institute of Estonian Historical Memory

Ina Susi

Self - Teacher

Anneli Ranta

Self - Narrator (voice)

Gints Apals

Self - Head of Department, Latvian Occupation Museum

Jesse Hirvelä

Self - Historian, University of Helsinki

Kaisu Junkkonen

Self - Early Childhood Educator

Robert Kusnierz

Self - Professor of History, University of Pomerania

Maria Lähteenmäki

Self - Professor of History, University of Eastern Finland

Raija-Liisa Mäkelä

Self - Author

Jurii Shapoval

Self - Professor of History, LMU

Igor Frei

Self - Head Director, Ukrainian Theater of Finland

Eero Haapanen

Self - Historian

Ira Jänis-Isokangas

Self - Docent of History, University of Helsinki

Arvo Keränen

Self - Building Engineer

Toms Kikuts

Self - Deputy Director, Latvian National History Museum

Anna Laakkonen

Self - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Eastern Finland

Eli Pilve

Self - Programme Manager, Estonian War Museum

Jukka Rislakki

Self - Non-Fiction Writer

Alexandra Polivanova

Self - Member of Memorial

Aappo Kähönen

Self - Docent of Political History, University of Helsinki

Ilja Solomeshch

Self - Historian