Russia 1917: Countdown To RevolutionNovember 5, 2017

This is the extraordinary story of how Lenin, a stranger to Russia for almost two decades, took sole power of the world's largest country in just a few fateful months. He's the political has-been who came home and made history. On his return to Russian politics, Lenin made peace with his old enemy Trotsky and gained a new acolyte in Stalin. Between the three of them, these Russian revolutionaries became the architects of a new political regime that changed the world.

Russia 1917: Countdown To Revolution was broadcast on SBS ONE at Saturday 13 June 2020, 18:50. This episode was initially placed on Sunday 5 November 2017.