# The Russian Revolution

- Institution: Gresham College
- Taught by: Professor Catherine Merridale FBA, Professor Bob Service, Professor Polly Jones, Bridget Kendall MBE
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/russian-revolution)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How, as a Marxist, did he justify the seizure of power and would the October Revolution have been possible without him? How in this centenary year, are these events being commemorated in Putin’s Russia?

## Lectures

1. [Lenin and the Russian Revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-russian-revolution/451f332ef2a3) (YouTube)
2. [The Fate of the October Revolution under Stalin](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-russian-revolution/757ffa0c19ba) (YouTube)
3. [The USSR in the Cold War Years](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-russian-revolution/12b6b036e034) (YouTube)
4. [Russia After Communism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-russian-revolution/b519f005d26b) (YouTube)