In 1918, Fanny Kaplan tried to kill Vladimir Lenin. He survived, and not long later 15,000 people died in the mass slaughter known as “the Red Terror.”
Vladimir Lenin took control of Russia after centuries of rule by the Tsars. He proved to be a very controversial figure, and his successors proved no less controversial, but he left an indelible mark on...
In the chaos of WWI, Germany helped Vladimir Lenin return home in a calculated gamble to set off a revolution and remove Russia from the war.
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