What did Lenin know of the revolution? How could he possibly understand the power and glory of the tremendous upsurge, which he was now asking the Bolsheviks to cold-shoulder? When he arrived he ...

Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) is best known for his role in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the founding of the Soviet Union. Lenin symbolized for many people the principles and ideas of the ...

When discussing the 1917 revolution, and subsequent arguments between Stalin and Lenin about how the USSR should be formed, "Stalin is the good guy" in Putin's version of history, said Latvian ...

The German government personally allocates "a lot of money" to Parvus, which should go to the revolution in Russia. This is the beginning of a story that tells not only about the life of this ...

1905 Revolution — Causes and events The 1905 revolution was consequence of huge inequalities and the reaction of the Tsar to such far reaching discontent was minor concessions amounting to ...

Bust of Vladimir Lenin, Leader of the 1917 Russian Communist Revolution This bust was the centrepiece of a monument erected in 1942 by Finsbury Council in London. It was designed by the Russian ...

The Russian House library in Delhi offers a rich collection of Russian literature, including rare Soviet-era books, evoking a ...