Suuri vaino
Suuri vaino

Series·2026·1 Season

Suuri vaino

Created By

Toni Viljanmaa

Country

FI

Language

Finnish

Episodes

4

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The Story

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.

Producer

Toni Viljanmaa, Aki Forsman

Themes

soviet unionethnic cleansingprison campsoviet union history

Production House

YLE

Audience Score

90%

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Cast

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

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Crew

Tommi Pietiläinen

Director

Toni Viljanmaa

Producer, Writer

Juho Virolainen

Editor

Aki Forsman

Executive Producer

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