no trip to Saint Petersburg would be complete without some mention of Lenin.
Lenin arrived back in Petrograd in 1917, aided by the Germans. He then started to plan the Bolshevik revolution.
The bolsheviks used the Smolny Institute, a girls school akin to Roe Dean, as their base for planning the revolution.
The revolution was initailly bloodless, but afterwards the Civil war claimed the lives of millions. No monument to Trotsky though
Lenin as he arrived from exile at the Finland Station. |
Lenin with title of station in russian. |
A shot from the Cruiser Aurora signalled the start of the October Revolution. |
A view of the Smolny Institute where Lenin planned the October Revolution. |
Karl Marx, who inspired it all. |
A bust of Engels. |
The man who set up the Cheka and helped to kill thousands. |
A memorial to the victims of political terror. |
© Copyright Mark G. Harrison. July 2012.