Proms Extra: Lenin
Anne McElvoy discusses Lenin with historians Helen Rappaport and Victor Sebestyen.
Arts & Ideas · BBC Radio 4
September 1, 201740m 36s
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Show Notes
Anne McElvoy is joined by historians Helen Rappaport and Victor Sebestyen to consider the figure of Lenin, as the Proms marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution.
Victor Sebestyen, author of Lenin the Dictator: An Intimate Portrait
And Helen Rappaport, author of Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd 1917