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Lenin Part 3: First Russia, Then the World…

Real Dictators

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Lenin and Zenoviev in Petrograd

In 1917 Lenin accepted Trotsky into the Bolshevik party. Prime Minister Kerensky, meanwhile, puts out a warrant for Lenin's arrest on a charge of high treason. At this crucial moment Lenin is forced back underground once more. He moves from safe house to safe house, sometimes more than once a day. But wherever he goes in Petrograd, the heat is too high. So  for the umpteenth time, he prepares to depart for Finland. Joseph Stalin is among those to help give Lenin a makeover. They shave off his facial hair and put away his customary suits,. dressing him as a Finnish peasant instead. Accompanied by his old comrade, Grigori

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