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Sounds,23 Apr 2025,51 mins,

Lenin Part 4: Ghost at the Kremlin

Real Dictators
Contains graphic violent scenes.

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With power finally in Bolshevik hands, state terror arrives in Russia. The Soviet Union is born. But, installed in Red Square, Lenin’s health is ailing. Will his creation live on beyond his death? And which of his lieutenants, jostling for position, will take up the baton? A Noiser production, written by Dan Smith. This is Part 4 of 4.

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