Lenin's Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution
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- Synopsis
- The gripping untold story of a terrorist leader whose death would catapult his brother--Lenin--to revolution. In 1886, Alexander Ulyanov, a brilliant biology student, joined a small group of students at St. Petersburg University to plot the assassination of Russia's tsar. Known as "Second First March" for the date of their action, this group failed disastrously in their mission, and its leaders, Alexander included, were executed. History has largely forgotten Alexander, but for the most important consequence of his execution: his younger brother, Vladimir, went on to lead the October Revolution of 1917 and head the new Soviet government under his revolutionary pseudonym "Lenin." Probing the Ulyanov family archives, historian Philip Pomper uncovers Alexander's transformation from ascetic student to terrorist, and the impact his fate had on Lenin. Vividly portraying the psychological dynamics of a family that would change history, Lenin's Brother is a perspective-changing glimpse into Lenin's formative years--and his subsequent behavior as a revolutionary.
- Copyright:
- 2010
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393077131
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780393070798, 9780393070798
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Date of Addition:
- 01/30/20
- Copyrighted By:
- By Phillip Pomper
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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