The Life and Death of Vladimir Lenin

Dan Snow's History Hit

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🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Vladimir Lenin died just over 100 years ago, on the 21st of February, 1924. The Russian revolutionary leader fought in no battles, spent much of his time in libraries and was in his 40s before he held high public office. Yet he managed to take over one of the world's largest empires and set the wheels of Communism in motion, a turning point that continues to shape our world today.

Dan is joined by Victor Sebestyen, a journalist and historian of Eastern Europe and author of Lenin: The Dictator. Victor explains how Lenin went from an insignificant Bolshevik conspirator to one of the most consequential people of the 20th century.

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0:48.0	Hi everybody, welcome to Dan Snow's history. On the 21st of January 1924, 100 years ago, Vladimir Illich Lenin died.
0:57.0	He has a decent claim to being one of the most important men of the 20th century, a man whose legacy endures, a man whose decisions
1:07.8	change the course of history.
1:10.4	To talk about Lenin, we've got Victor Sebastian, he's a journalist, his historian of Eastern Europe,
1:14.1	Russia and communism.
1:15.8	He covered wars in the former Yugoslavia.
1:18.0	He was there when the Soviet Union collapsed, and he authored a huge and impressive biographical account of Lenin's life.
1:24.0	Lenin, the dictator.
1:26.0	He's been on the podcast before, it's great to have him back on this time.
1:29.0	He's going to tell us about the man who was a non-entity, a blowhard, touring Western Europe, haranguing small groups
1:37.1	of conspirators in smoky rooms above pubs and in cafes. He fought in no battles. He spent much of his life in rooms and
1:46.4	libraries printing pamphlets and newspapers and yet he took over one of the world's largest empires.
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