Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts allies, enemies, factions and ideas; a ruthless battle between democracy and authoritarianism that will end with the takeover of the government by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.

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Juliet Stevenson
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Nicholas Asbury
Vladimir Lenin
Milo Twomey
Leon Trotsky
Nicholas Cowell
Joseph Stalin
Jonny McPherson
Alexander Kerensky
Helen Rappaport
Herself - Writer
Orlando Figes
Himself - Writer
Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Himself - Writer
China Miéville
Himself - Writer
Martin Amis
Himself - Writer
Bridget Kendall
Herself - Journalist
Victor Sebestyen
Himself - Writer
Vladimir Lenin
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Tariq Ali
Himself - Writer