Tag Archives: Lenin
The origins of Pravda, the official newspaper of Communist Russia
Pravda, the official newspaper of what became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was first published on 5 May 1912.
Lenin and the ‘sealed train’ that returned him to Russia
Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.
Lenin shot in failed assassination attempt, 30th Aug 1918
On the 30th August 1918, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov – better known as Lenin – was the victim of a failed assassination plot.
The origins and activities of the Cheka under the Bolsheviks
On the 20th December 1917, the Russian Bolshevik secret police known as the Cheka was established.
The Foundation of the USSR, 1922
On the 30th December 1922, the USSR – the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – was founded.
Why was Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party in 1927?
Trotsky had been a key figure in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
