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