But the conspiracy backfired, hastening the coming Russian Revolution Carolyn Harris; Updated by Sonja Anderson The Soviet leader, who died on August 30 at age 91, attempted to enact "revolution ...

Sverdlov, Volodarsky, and Uritsky, all active leaders, were assassinated in the early days of the Revolution ... in his life. The first was May 28, 1905, the date of the defeat of the Russian ...

Lenin would have said there was no turning point in his life; he would have said ... line and yet was not broken. The Russian people had wanted revolution. It had to come. What they meant by ...