This is the third episode in a series of shows shows to mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917, to honor the event that led to the creation of the worldâs first socialist state and the beginning of a new era in human history that witnessed the downfall of colonial empires, a worldwide struggle against capitalist exploitation, and the successful defeat of fascism in World War II. In this episode I focus on the Bolsheviks in particular, the political driving force of the revolution, where they came from, and really unpack the history of the evolving revolutionary movement in Russia that ultimately emerged victorious in 1917.
With music by Georgi Sviridov ("Ural Song" and "Time Forward")