Every Revolution Eats Its Own — Part 2: Moscow, 1937

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On January 21st, 1924, Lenin died and left the revolution to a small circle of men — Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Bukharin, and a party secretary named Joseph Stalin. Within thirteen years, almost every one of those founders would be dead. Stalin would see to it. This is how the Old Bolsheviks, the Red Army, and the secret police itself were consumed in the Great Purge. Part 2 of 3. Follow for Part 3 — Paris, 1794. Some scenes are cinematic reconstructions of documented events. All quotes, dates, and sources are historically verified.