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Lenin on the train

Catherine Merridale, 1959-

Sound recording - 2017

A gripping account of Lenin's fateful 1917 rail journey from Zurich to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian Revolution and forever changed the world.

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Subjects
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, > 1870-1924 > Travel > Europe.
Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, > 1870-1924 > Travel > Germany.
Revolutionaries > Soviet Union > Biography.
Exiles > Switzerland > Zurich > Biography.
Espionage, German > History > 20th century.
Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921.
Russia > Relations > Germany.
Germany > Relations > Russia.
Published
Holland, OH : Dreamscape Media, LLC [2017]
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Physical Description
8 audio discs (approximately 10 hr., 3 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN
9781520070438
1520070438
Main Author
Catherine Merridale, 1959- (author)
Other Authors
Gordon Griffin (narrator)
  • Dark forces
  • Black markets
  • Red lake
  • Scarlet ribbons
  • Maps and plans
  • The sealed train
  • Leaderless
  • Lenin in Lapland
  • From the Finland Station
  • Gold
  • Fellow travellers.
Review by Publisher Summary 1

Presents a meticulously researched account of Lenin's fateful 1917 rail journey from Zurich to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian Revolution and forever changed the world.

Review by Publisher Summary 2

A gripping account of how Lenin's 1917 train ride to Petrograd ignited the Russian Revolution.

Review by Publisher Summary 3

In April 1917, as Tsar Nicholas II's abdication sent shockwaves across war-torn Europe, the future leader of the Bolshevik revolution, Vladimir Lenin, was far away, exiled in Zurich. To lead the revolt, Lenin needed to return to Petrograd immediately. But to get there, he would have to cross Germany, which meant accepting help from the deadliest of Russia's adversaries and betraying his homeland. Bringing to life a world of counter-espionage, intrigue, wartime desperation, illicit finance, and misguided utopianism,Catherine Merridale provides a riveting account of this pivotal journey as well as the underground conspiracy and subterfuge that went into making it happen.

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