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Today In History: The Bourgeois Democratic Revolution Began (1917)

A telegram describing revolutionary events that began on February 23rd 1917 was sent to the Tsar by Mikhail Rodzianko who wrote that “The situation is serious. The capital is in a state…

By Jeanette Lamb · 3 min

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This Day In History: Lenin Is Shot (1918)

On this day in 1918, Lenin was shot after speaking to workers at a factory in Moscow. The Soviet leader…

Ed · 3 min