Lenin's Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution

Pomper, Philip

ISBN 10: 0393070794 / ISBN 13: 9780393070798

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2010

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Signed by Pomper on the title page. A dust smudge to the rear board, and modest edgewear to the dust jacket. Tanning to the pages. A Politics and Prose bookstore sticker to the front of the dust jacket. A detailed account of Alexander Ulyanov s short life and even shorter career (four months) as a terrorist. Bibliography, glossary, illustrated, index.; 276 pages; Signed by Author.

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• Titolo: Lenin's Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution
• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0393070794
• ISBN 13: 9780393070798
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very Good
• Firmato: Autografato dall'autore

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Riassunto

Drawing on the family archives of Vladimir Lenin, originally Vladimir Ulyanov, the author traces the transformation of the Communist leader's brother, Alexander, from a humble student to a terrorist plotting the assassination of the tsar and delves into how the failed plot and Alexander's subsequent execution shaped the ideals and motivations of Lenin.

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In 1886, Alexander Ulyanov, a brilliant biology student, joined a group of students at St Petersburg University to plot the assassination of Russia's tsar. Known as 'Second First March' for the date of their action, they failed disastrously in their mission and its leaders, Alexander included, were executed. History has largely forgotten Alexander but for the most important consequence of his execution: his younger brother, Vladimir, went on to lead the October Revolution of 1917 and head the new Soviet government under his revolutionary pseudonym 'Lenin'. Probing the Ulyanov family archives, Philip Pomper uncovers Alexander's transformation from ascetic student to terrorist and the impact his fate had on Lenin. Vividly portraying the dynamics of a family that would change history, "Lenin's Brother" is a perspective-changing glimpse into Lenin's formative years - and his subsequent behavior as a revolutionary.