The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution

How Lenin seized control of Russia

201747 min6.3 / 10

A historical documentary tracing the ideological and personal conflict between Lenin's family and the Romanovs that culminated in revolution, grounded in factual analysis rather than spectacle.

Starting in 1881 this film shows the personal battle between Lenin's Ulyanov family and the royal Romanovs that eventually led to the Russian revolution.

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