Germany’s decision to facilitate Lenin’s return to Russia was one of the most consequential acts of political interference in modern history. Intended to weaken Russia during World War I, it directly ...

Lenin spent much more than he was earning, but also adhered to an ascetic lifestyle. Before the Russian Revolution of 1917 made him the head of a new state, Lenin relied on odd jobs, publications - ...

Join presenter Ken Poppe on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 2:00 pm for the first in a series of occasional lectures at the Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow St. One hundred years ago on October 25, ...

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A 1917 telegram sent by Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin has been sold at auction in London for 50,000 pounds ($77,600). The historically significant telegram was sold at Christie's auction house on ...

A CENTURY ago Russia was on the brink of a revolution that would change the course of the country forever. The Bolsheviks and Vladamir Lenin led the uprising - commonly known as Red October - which ...

Just over 100 years ago, Russian Emperor Nicholas II abdicated his throne and his vast empire ceased to exist, setting off decades of world-shaking change. Yet this year, not a single Russian ...

Arthur Herman is most famous for his bestselling book from 2001, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, but he's started to find a pattern in writing history based around the collision of two great ...

The Bolsheviks and Vladamir Lenin led the uprising - commonly known as Red October - which overthrew the Tsarist rule at the helm of Russia A CENTURY ago Russia was on the brink of a revolution that ...