Lenin Part 2: Underground, On the Run

Real Dictators

NOISER

History, Fiction, Drama

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Vladimir Lenin meets Joseph Stalin. Turning to crime to pay their way, the revolutionaries struggle to stay ahead of the authorities. As the First World War upends Russia, the Bolsheviks wait for their moment. In the meantime, Lenin’s love life takes an unconventional turn... A Noiser production, written by Dan Smith. This is Part 2 of 4. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Christmas Day 1905.
0:03.8	We're in temporary in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
0:09.0	The city is playing host to a conference.
0:12.4	The Bolsheviks, a faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party,
0:17.4	have gathered here in this corner of the Russian Empire.
0:22.0	Though no one knows it now, in their midst are two dictators in the making.
0:28.4	Man will go down in history as originators of left-wing tyranny.
0:33.4	The star of the show is the Bolsheviks de facto leader.
0:37.4	Dictator number one.
0:39.4	He is currently using one of his many aliases to stay ahead of the authorities.
0:44.4	According to the papers he's carrying, he is Vladimir Karpov.
0:49.4	But with his distinctive beard and mustache and his heavily-receding red hair,
0:54.4	no one at this conference is in any doubt as to Karpov's true identity.
1:00.4	There's just something about Lenin.
1:03.4	Not conventionally charismatic, perhaps, but a man with undeniable presence.
1:09.4	He exudes intellectualism, yet is able to communicate complex ideas as hard-hitting slogans.
1:16.4	Anticipation is high amongst the delegates as they wait to make his acquaintance.
1:22.4	Among them is a 27-year-old man.
1:26.4	Dictator number two.
1:28.4	His skin bears the scars of smallpox.
1:32.4	He still handsome though, rugged and unshavin, with a dramatic sweep of thick dark hair.
1:39.4	If you look closely, you notice his left arm is shorter than his right, the result of a childhood accident.
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