Monday 18th November 5.30pm, Bob Henderson, Lenin in London.
A recording of the seminar is here:
To mark the centenary of V.I. Lenin’s death Bob Henderson, former Russian Curator at the British Library will discuss the research behind his book The Spark that Lit the Revolution (Bloomsbury, 2023, pbk.), which examines Lenin’s various visits to London in the early years of the 20th century. Illustrated with contemporaneous maps and a wealth of previously unknown archival documents his presentation gives an insight into Russian London of the Edwardian period , Lenin’s relationship with its inhabitants (and with other political figures he encountered), and discusses the lasting impressions made by the British capital over these years on the future founder of the world’s first socialist state.
All seminars are free to attend. Registration required. Organised by the Socialist HIstory Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research & the London Socialist Historians Group
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