Vladimir Lenin: Coming Soon on Real Dictators…
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Speaker 1 April the 3rd, 1917, Easter Monday.
Speaker 1 A solitary steam engine chugs its way through the icy expanse of Finland.
Speaker 1 On board, the passengers in third class bump along on hard wooden-slatted seats.
Speaker 1 Among them sits a short, powerfully built man with hunched shoulders and fierce eyes.
Speaker 1 Though dressed modestly, when you enter his presence, you have no doubt that this is a formidable individual, a man who embraces confrontation.
Speaker 1 He doesn't persuade his opponents,
Speaker 1 he destroys them.
Speaker 1 Perhaps the most devout communist the world has ever seen. He's determined to utterly remake human society, whatever the cost.
Speaker 1 Of all the travelers on board, he can barely wait for the train to reach its destination. He's been away from Russia for a very long time.
Speaker 1 And now, after two decades in exile, this passenger, one Vladimir Lenin,
Speaker 1 is coming home to lead a revolution.
Speaker 1 Once he's done, The world will never be the same again.
Speaker 1 The Lenin story, Coming soon from Noisa.
