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Author Rappaport, Helen.

Title Conspirator : Lenin in exile / Helen Rappaport.

Imprint New York : Basic Books, ©2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  947.0841 L547Br 2010 c.2  ---  Available
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  947.0841 L547Br 2010    ---  Lib Use Only
Description viii, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-369) and index.
Contents Introduction: Shlisselburg Fortress, 1887 -- Leaving Shushenskoe -- Igniting the spark -- Konspiratsiya -- Becoming Lenin -- Dr. and Mrs. Richter -- "The dirty squabble abroad" -- "Strong talk and weak tea" -- "On the eve of barricades" -- Stolypin's neckties -- "The congress of undesirables" -- On thin ice -- "Why the hell did we go to Paris?" -- Inessa -- "Almost Russia" -- A Russian spy in Galicia -- "This damned Switzerland" -- "One fighting campaign after another" -- From the Spiegelgasse to the Finland Station -- Epilogue: Good-bye Lenin.
Summary The father of Communist Russia, Vladimir Ilych Lenin now seems to have emerged fully formed in the turbulent wake of World War I and the Russian Revolution. But Lenin's character was in fact forged much earlier, over the course of years spent in exile, constantly on the move, and in disguise. In this work, the author, a Russian historian, narrates the compelling story of Lenin's life and political activities in the years leading up to the revolution. As he scuttled between the glittering capital cities of Europe, from London and Munich to Vienna and Prague, Lenin found support among fellow emigres and revolutionaries in the underground movement. He came to lead a ring of conspirators, many of whom would give their lives in service to his schemes. An account of Lenin's little known early life, this book tracks in detail the formation of one of the great revolutionaries of the twentieth century.
Subject Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, 1870-1924 -- Travel -- Europe.
Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, 1870-1924 -- Exile -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
Lenin, Vladimir Ilich, 1870-1924. (OCoLC)fst00055663
Revolutionaries -- Russia -- Biography.
Conspiracies -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
Russia -- Politics and government -- 1894-1917.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918.
Conspiracies. (OCoLC)fst00875715
Exile (Punishment) (OCoLC)fst00918133
Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
Revolutionaries. (OCoLC)fst01096578
Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Russia. (OCoLC)fst01207312
Russia (Federation) -- Siberia. (OCoLC)fst01243666
Chronological Term 1871-1999
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
ISBN 9780465013951
0465013953

 
    
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