Stalin turned the Soviet Union into a world power--at an unimaginable cost. He uprooted millions of peasants and starved millions to death.

Birth of a revolutionary -- The toughest choirboy -- Becoming Koba -- Lenin's gangster -- The Russian revolution -- Red alert -- Last testament -- Man of steel -- The five-year plan -- Kulaks and gulags -- Murder by starvation -- The Red Tsar -- A mysterious murder -- The great terror -- Joseph Stalin in pictures -- Triumph and decline -- Pact between tyrants -- The great patriotic war -- Warlord triumphant -- The Cold War begins -- Final plots.