Russia

Called treacherous, deluded, out-of-touch, insane, Lenin might have been a minor historical footnote but for the Russian Revolution, which catapulted him into the headlines of the 20th century.

Explore the life of Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who was reelected by an overwhelming majority in 2004, but who has been criticized for stifling democratic reforms.

By the summer of 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev had brought the Soviet Union to the edge of ruin when an attempted coup by communist hard-liners precipitated the final collapse of the system.

Ivan the Terrible, Russia's first Tsar, led a brutal and unpredictable life. Piece together clues to what Ivan's Russia looked like and peer into the world of Russia's Terrible Tsar.

Deep within the former Soviet Union lays a classified subterranean world of Cold War secrets. Join host Don Wildman as he ventures behind the Iron Curtain to reveal how the Soviets really prepared for a nuclear war.

Experience the final days of the mighty Romanov dynasty and penetrate the web of intrigue surrounding the murder of the royal family.

Today Moscow is a modern metropolis, but below its crowded streets lie reminders of its war-torn past - and pieces of Joseph Stalin's terrifying legacy. Host Don Wildman digs deep into Moscow's subterranean history.

The life of Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin is as familiar as it is fantastic. But who is the man behind this myth? Using the newly uncovered "Rasputin File," explore his rise to prominence and his outlandish demise.

More than 30,000 Jews were murdered near Kiev over a two-day period during the Holocaust. Why are Ukrainians, Russians, and Germans only now beginning to come to terms with this black chapter in their histories?

Follow a team of historical detectives as they use evidence from recent excavations, scientific studies, and historical documents to piece together clues about how the Soviet Union looked during Josef Stalin's rule.

In 1979, an invisible cloud of a militarized strain of anthrax escaped from a secret bioweapons lab in the city of Sverdlovsk. How did the Soviet Union suppress the story to better hide their bioweapons program?

In 1961, 24 brave men gave their lives in a superhuman effort to save the the Soviet Union's first ballistic missile submarine - and the world - from environmental catastrophe. This is their story.

A gripping look at Putin's rise from humble beginnings to brutal dictatorship, and his emergence as one of the gravest threats to America's security.