Lenin On The Train by Catherine Merridale
The Transfer of Power, 1917
A vivid, tightly focused narrative that reconstructs Vladimir Lenin’s perilous journey across wartime Europe in April 1917, showing how a sealed train, diplomatic subterfuge and a handful of companions helped ferry a determined revolutionary back to a Russia teetering on the brink. The account blends political intrigue with human detail—German officials’ cynical calculations, Lenin’s tactical ruthlessness and impatience, the tense encounters in neutral countries, and the varying reactions of fellow exiles and ordinary people—to illuminate how this short, dramatic voyage accelerated events that reshaped Russia. By situating the trip within the chaos of World War I and the collapse of the old order, the book explores myth, contingency and personality in the making of revolution.
- Published
- 2016
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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