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Lenin Part 2: Underground, On the Run

Real Dictators

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Lenin's Russia

The Tsar is on borrowed time. A bigger revolution feels closer than ever. Lenin is adamant that next time he won't miss the boat. Yet even now Lenin shows no great urgency to head for home. Russian aristocrats are speaking nervously of how the social contract has changed. They sense a lack of deference from those who are supposed to be there in furious fury. Increasingly, business people and figures of industry pivot away from the Tsar and donate money to liberal and socialist movements.

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