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The Russian Revolution: The Bolsheviks Take Control

Voices from the Russian Revolution; the first dog in space; the songbird of Lebanon; the last journalist to interview Osama Bin Laden; and memories of the First World War

Eye-witness accounts from the Russian Revolution of October 1917; the first dog in space; Sabah, one of the biggest 20th-century stars of the Middle East; the last journalist to interview Osama Bin Laden; and horror and heartbreak: memories of the First World War.

Picture: Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin addressing crowds in the capital Petrograd during the Russian Revolution of 1917. (Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Sun 12 Nov 2017 23:06GMT
成人快手 World Service except News Internet

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