Lenin and the Bolsheviks - A Brief History

The Germans wanted the Bolsheviks to engineer a defeatist peace, where Russia would capitulate it. But Lenin couldn't get back directly from Switzerland straight through the middle. So the Germans had to facilitate in getting up from Switzerland through Germany and then cross to Sweden,. The journey home takes a week in total. In the cramped conditions, Lenin's temper strains. A lot of them wanted to smoke. And so he said that all smokers should use the one lavatory, which was at the front of the carriage if they wanted to Smoke. They therefore did, and so people who wanted to use that as the lavatory couldn't get into it. There was a lot of arguing going on in