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The Spark that Lit the Revolution: Lenin in London and the Politics that Changed the World
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by Robert HendersonRobert Henderson
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Overview
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin visited London on six occasions at the beginning of the twentieth century and it was in this city, where Marx wrote Das Kapital, that the roots of Lenin's political thought took shape. This book, from a former curator of the Russian collections at the British Library, tells the story for the first time of Lenin's intriguing relationship with the enigmatic Apollinariya Yakubova – a revolutionary known to her comrades as the 'primeval force of the Black Earth'.
The book reveals Lenin's London-based accomplices and political rivals, and sheds new light on his world-view – one which would have such a crucial impact on the twentieth century. This is the first full exploration of the formation of one of the leading political visionaries of his age. Henderson has made a series of stunning archival discoveries, published here for the first time, as well as photographs and details of the Russian revolutionaries (and indeed international police spies) who congregated in the east end of London - known then as the 'Little Russian Island'. Featuring an extraordinary amount of new archival material, this is an essential addition to our knowledge of Lenin the man and of the roots of the Russian revolution.
The book reveals Lenin's London-based accomplices and political rivals, and sheds new light on his world-view – one which would have such a crucial impact on the twentieth century. This is the first full exploration of the formation of one of the leading political visionaries of his age. Henderson has made a series of stunning archival discoveries, published here for the first time, as well as photographs and details of the Russian revolutionaries (and indeed international police spies) who congregated in the east end of London - known then as the 'Little Russian Island'. Featuring an extraordinary amount of new archival material, this is an essential addition to our knowledge of Lenin the man and of the roots of the Russian revolution.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781784538620 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 03/19/2020 |
Pages: | 288 |
Sales rank: | 1,181,282 |
Product dimensions: | 5.89(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Robert Henderson is former Head of the Russian Archive at the British Library. He is author of numerous jourbanal articles and book chapters in the field of Russian History and Honorary Research Associate at Queen Mary, University of London
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations viii
Note on Transliteration and Calendars xiii
Acknowledgements xiv
Frontispiece xvii
Introduction 1
1 The little Russian island: the first castaways 9
2 'Lirochka' and Lenin - the spark that lit the flame? 39
3 1902-1903: Iskra and shaping the Party 83
4 1905: a congress of conspirators 111
5 The London Congress of 1907 and the triumph of Lenin 141
6 Two last visits: 1908 and 1911 177
Postscript Apollinariya's story 203
Appendix 215
Select Bibliography 220
Notes 232
Index 255
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