Lenin’s Testament — a summaryIn December 1922, while recovering from a stroke, Bolshevik party leader, Vladimir Lenin, wrote his 600-word ‘Testament’ in which he…Apr 4, 2024Apr 4, 2024
Grigori Rasputin — a brief biographyWhen Prince Felix Yusupov offered his guest, Grigori Rasputin, refreshments at his palace in St Petersburg on the evening of 29 December…Apr 4, 2024Apr 4, 2024
Russia’s Bloody Sunday — a summaryOn Sunday, 22 January 1905, (9 January Old Style) the workers of St Petersburg organised a peaceful demonstration to demand political and…Apr 4, 2024Apr 4, 2024
Fanny Kaplan — the woman who tried to kill LeninLate in the evening of the 30 August 1918, Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik leader, emerged from a meeting at the Hammer and Sickle factory…Apr 4, 2024Apr 4, 2024
Svetlana Alliluyeva (Lana Peters), Stalin’s Daughter — a brief biography22 November 2011 saw the death of Lana Peters in Wisconsin. To those who came into contact with her, she was simply a lonesome frail…Apr 4, 2024Apr 4, 2024
The Death of Stalin — a summaryJoseph Stalin died 5 March 1953, aged 73, a victim of his own power. So frightened were his staff, that having suffered a stroke he was…Apr 4, 2024Apr 4, 2024
Nikita Khrushchev’s Secret Speech — a summaryOn 25 February 1956, Nikita Khrushchev delivered a speech to a closed session of party leaders in which he dismantled the legend of the…Apr 4, 2024Apr 4, 2024
Tsar Nicholas II — a brief biographyOn Sunday 13 March 1881, the 13-year-old Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov, the future tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, was accompanying his…Apr 4, 2024Apr 4, 2024
