Vitali Vitaliev
author, columnist, broadcaster and former Soviet Journalist of the Year
1 episode
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyAtheist philosophers20th-century atheists19th-century atheistsPolitical philosophersMarxist theorists19th-century pseudonymous writersCritics of religionsAnti-nationalists20th-century pseudonymous writersSocialist feministsLeaders who took power by coupRussian atheists19th-century philosophers from the Russian Empire, 20th-century Russian philosophers, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Switzerland, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom, Russian communists, Russian revolutionariesRussian male journalistsAnti-monarchistsVladimir LeninAnti-imperialistsEmigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany, Political party foundersNobility from the Russian Empire
Lenin
Melvyn Bragg investigates what drove the Soviet leader Lenin, and enabled him to develop a model to export communism and build an original political system that remained intact for over seventy years.
16 March 2000
Also featuring: Robert Service
Philosophy19th-century philosophers from the Russian Empire, 20th-century Russian philosophers, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Switzerland, Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom, Russian communists, Russian revolutionariesSocialist feministsRussian male journalistsAnti-monarchistsMarxist theorists20th-century atheists19th-century pseudonymous writersVladimir Lenin19th-century atheistsLeaders who took power by coupAnti-nationalistsCritics of religionsPolitical philosophersAnti-imperialistsRussian atheistsEmigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany, Political party foundersAtheist philosophersNobility from the Russian Empire20th-century pseudonymous writers19th century20th centuryRussia