
Series
Suuri vaino
2026 · 1 season · Documentary · War & Politics
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Overview
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.
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
Crew
- Tommi PietiläinenDirector
- Toni ViljanmaaProducer · Writer
- Aki ForsmanExecutive Producer
- Juho VirolainenEditor
Details
- First aired
- February 16, 2026
- Last aired
- February 16, 2026
- Status
- Ended
- Original language
- Finnish
- Episodes
- 4
- Genres
- Documentary, War & Politics
Seasons
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