Lenin, Vladimir - Bolshevik Revolution

During the first decade of the twentieth century, political unrest threatened the fabric of Russian society. Then the first world war erupted, temporarily causing a swell of loyalist patriotism. With the war, however, came deprivation and destitution. Millions of Russian soldiers died while people at home were starving.

In 1917, revolution in Russia took hold and Lenin, together with his closest Bolshevik comrades, returned from Switzerland to take charge. This video clip is from a biography on the Soviet leader - Lenin: Revolutionary - and includes considerable historical footage.