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 theoristsCritics of religions19th-century pseudonymous writersAnti-nationalists20th-century pseudonymous writersSocialist feministsRussian atheistsLeaders who took power by coupNobility from the Russian EmpireEmigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany, Political party foundersRussian male journalistsVladimir Lenin19th-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 revolutionariesAnti-monarchistsAnti-imperialists
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
PhilosophySocialist feminists20th-century atheists20th-century pseudonymous writersNobility from the Russian EmpireRussian atheistsMarxist theoristsEmigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany, Political party founders19th-century atheistsCritics of religionsAtheist philosophersRussian male journalists19th-century pseudonymous writersAnti-nationalistsPolitical philosophersVladimir Lenin19th-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 revolutionariesAnti-monarchistsAnti-imperialistsLeaders who took power by coup