The Life of Lenin

by Louis Fischer

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Lenin lived and breathed for the revolution and died having changed the course of history throughout the world. His incredible strength of will and personality, his fantastic organisational ability and complete dedication to the goal of revolution enabled him to surmount domestic dissension and disorder, political rivalries, and economic ruin. It was his supreme ability to adapt, to change, to pursue any means to achieve his ends that enabled the revolution to survive. This work is a history show more of the Russian revolutionary movement and of Soviet Russia from 1917-1964 wrapped up in a detailed biography of Lenin, and is by a devoted scholar of Soviet affairs and close aquaintance of Lenin. show less

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gmicksmith 1,115 reviews

The most detailed book that I have read on Lennon; it is a popularly written account of the Bolshevik leader.

Mar 5, 2017

BiblioLorenzoLodi 5,719 reviews

Tra le biografie di Lenin, questa di Louis Fischer si distingue per la conoscenza diretta che l'autore ha sia dell'URSS, qual era durante la vita del fondatore del governo sovietico, che dei suoi collaboratori più prossimi.

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