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Editor’s pick: Lenin’s revolutionary train journey
Editor’s pick: Lenin’s revolutionary train journey
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35 minutes
Released:
Jan 5, 2021
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In this archive episode, Catherine Merridale recounts how the future Soviet leader travelled to Petrograd in 1917 – a key moment in the Russian RevolutionIn this episode from our archive, Catherine Merridale discusses her book Lenin on the Train, which recounts the future Soviet leader’s famous 1917 train journey across Europe to Petrograd – a key moment in the Russian Revolution.
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Jan 5, 2021
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