The Kremlin's Chief Libertine: The Truth About Avel Yenukidze
The USSR's Chief Debaucher: Why Stalin Was Forced to Execute His Friend Abel Yenukidze
🔴 October 30, 1937. A man who had recently been the third most powerful man in the country was placed against a wall in the basement of the Lubyanka. Everyone knew him—from the People's Commissars to the humble Kremlin guards. He controlled dachas, apartments, and cars. Twenty years ago, he hid Lenin. Fifteen years ago, he greeted ambassadors as the master of the Kremlin.
Abel Yenukidze. An old Bolshevik. A revolutionary with pre-revolutionary experience. A friend of Joseph Stalin since his youth. And "the chief debaucher of the Soviet Union"—if the accusations are to be believed.
What was really behind the execution? Why did Stalin decide to destroy the man who had saved his life? Were the accusations of debauchery true—or merely a pretext to get rid of the keeper of inconvenient secrets?
📌 This is a documentary investigation into one of the most mysterious fates of the Soviet era. The story of a forty-year friendship that ended with a gunshot to the back of the head.
⏱️ TIMELINES:
00:00 – Prologue. Shot in Kommunarka
05:20 – Boy from Kutaisi. The Path to Revolution
11:45 – Underground Fighter Number One. Friendship with Stalin
18:30 – Revolutionary Storm. Rise to Power
25:10 – Master of the Kremlin. The Life of the Soviet Elite
32:40 – Kremlin Harem. Actresses and Ballerinas
40:15 – Moral Decline. Drunkenness and Luxury
47:50 – Dangerous Liaisons. Helping Enemies of the People
55:20 – Brothers in Arms. Forty Years of Friendship
01:02:30 – Keeper of Secrets What Yenukidze Knew
01:09:45 – The First Calls. Removal from Office
01:16:20 – A False Rescue. Exile to the Caucasus
01:23:00 – The Trap Slammed. Arrest and Investigation
01:29:15 – Confessions and Recantations. Lubyanka Cellars
01:35:40 – The Trial. Twenty Minutes to Sentence
01:41:50 – The Execution. The Last Minutes of Life
01:47:30 – A Damned Memory. Oblivion and Rehabilitation
01:53:10 – History Lessons. What Remains After
01:58:45 – Afterword. Truth and Myths
💬 The documentary is based on archival materials, NKVD protocols, contemporary testimonies, and historical research.
📚 A story that shows how revolution devours its children, how power corrupts even the most committed, and how friendship with Stalin could cost lives.
⚠️ This material is intended for viewers over eighteen years of age. Contains descriptions of repression and violence.