And also Iannucci managed to make a comedy while addressing the horror and brutality of his regime which I didn't think was possible (though there was also Beni

And also Iannucci managed to make a comedy while addressing the horror and brutality of his regime which I didn't think was possible (though there was also Benigni's Life is Beautiful). It's a comedy with an execution every 10 minutes. The last season of the Revolutions podcast from Mike Duncan, mostly focuses on the Lenin era but does cover the ruthlessness of Stalin from way before he got even close to power, all the way to his accession to power.