Communism in Power: From Stalin to Mao

Pilgrims to Utopia: Foreigners in the USSR

Documentary Sep 10, 2022 26 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E3: “I have seen the future and it works,” declared American journalist Lincoln Steffens after visiting Soviet Russia in 1919. Many notables from the West traveled to the new communist state and came away impressed—or rather deluded by Soviet propaganda. Lenin called these credulous foreigners “useful idiots.” Also learn about those who immigrated to the Soviet Union only to discover the truth.

Documentary Sep 10, 2022 26 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2022
Run Time: 26 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.