Kremlyovskiy gambit
- Episode aired Jan 20, 2006
In the summer of 1982, Yuriy Andropov raised the issue of poor food supplies to Moscow in the CPSU Central Committee. A big purge began, which was eventually targeted at the first secretary ... Read allIn the summer of 1982, Yuriy Andropov raised the issue of poor food supplies to Moscow in the CPSU Central Committee. A big purge began, which was eventually targeted at the first secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU, Viktor Grishin. Many leaders of Soviet trade wer... Read allIn the summer of 1982, Yuriy Andropov raised the issue of poor food supplies to Moscow in the CPSU Central Committee. A big purge began, which was eventually targeted at the first secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU, Viktor Grishin. Many leaders of Soviet trade were detained on charges of embezzling socialist property, including the former head of Glavt... Read all