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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Merridale, Catherine, 1959- author.     Subjects     Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 -- Travel -- Europe.     Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 -- Travel -- Germany.     Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union -- Biography.     Exiles -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- Biography.     Espionage, German -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.     Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.     Russia -- Relations -- Germany.     Germany -- Relations -- Russia.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Merridale, Catherine, 1959- author.       by title:      Lenin on the train /...         MARC Display

Lenin on the train / Catherine Merridale. by Merridale, Catherine, 1959- author. New York, New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2017. Subjects Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 -- Travel -- Europe.   Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 -- Travel -- Germany.   Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union -- Biography.   Exiles -- Switzerland -- Zurich -- Biography.   Espionage, German -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.   Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.   Russia -- Relations -- Germany.   Germany -- Relations -- Russia. ISBN:  9781627793018 (hardback) 1627793011 (hardback) Description:  xi, 353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm Edition:  First U.S. edition. Contents:  Dark forces -- Black markets -- Red lake -- Scarlet ribbons -- Maps and plans -- The sealed train -- Leaderless -- Lenin in Lapland -- From the Finland Station -- Gold -- Fellow travellers. Requests:  0 Summary:  A meticulously researched account of Lenin's fateful rail journey across Europe to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian revolution and forever changed the world. In the early spring of 1917, as the First World War stretched on and Tsar Nicholas II's abdication sent shock waves across Europe, the future leader of the Bolshevik revolution, Vladimir Lenin, was far away, exiled in Zurich. When the news reached him, Lenin immediately resolved to return to Petrograd and lead the revolt. But to get there, he would have to cross Germany, which meant accepting help from the deadliest of Russia's adversaries. The German government, however, saw in Lenin's plight an opportunity to sow further confusion in an increasingly chaotic Russia and arranged for Lenin and a small group of extremists to make the journey in a sealed railway car. Now, drawing on eyewitness testimonies and wartime archives, renowned historian Catherine Merridale provides a riveting account of this enormously consequential journey as well as the underground conspiracy and subterfuge that went into making it happen. Writing with insight and formidable intelligence, she brings to life a world of counterespionage and intrigue, wartime desperation, illicit finance, and misguided utopianism. When Lenin arrived at Petrograd's now-famous Finland Station, he delivered an explosive address to the impassioned crowds. It was the moment when the Russian revolution became Soviet--and a system of tyranny and faith was born that would transform the international political climate.--From jacket.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 947.0841 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 947.0841 Lenin Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 947.0841 Merrid Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 947.0841 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 947.0841 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 947.0841 Me Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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