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April Theses (1917)

On the Russian Revolution map as “Lenin returns: the April Theses”

Apr 1917 — Lenin travels across wartime Germany in a sealed train and arrives at the Finland Station platform. There he makes a demand that sounds insane: no support for the war or the government — “All power to the soviets.”

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Turning point
Chapter
Dual power in Russia (1917) (chapter 5 of Russian Revolution)
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The Russian Revolution, 1855–1924
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TURNING POINT · THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, 1855–1924

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