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Tag: Nicholas II

Podcast

27th April 1906: The Russian Empire’s State Duma meets for the first time

27th April 2019
Tagged as: Democracy, Duma, Nicholas II, Politics, Russia, Stolypin, Witte

The Russian Empire’s State Duma met for the first time at the Taurida Palace in St. Petersburg.

Podcast

16th April 1917: Lenin arrives back in Russia in the sealed train after a decade in exile

16th April 2018
Tagged as: Bolshevik, Communism, Communist, Exile, Finland, First World War, Germany, Lenin, Nicholas II, Politics, Provisional Government, Revolution, Russian Revolution, Saint Petersburg, Switzerland

Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.

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