In late 1952, an aging and increasingly paranoid Stalin puts in motion a purge against his doctors, with antisemitic overtones. His lackeys, including Khrushchev, Molotov and Beria, fear it will spread to the Politburo, and plan to strike first.
1999
1971
2007
1942
2002
1972
2005
1989
1975
2011
1991
1934
2009
2000
1941
2013
1992
2010