Russia, 1917. After the abdication of Czar Nicholas II Romanov, the struggle for power confronts allies, enemies, factions and ideas; a ruthless battle between democracy and authoritarianism that will end with the takeover of the government by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
Juliet Stevenson
Nicholas Asbury
Milo Twomey
Nicholas Cowell
Jonny McPherson
Helen Rappaport
Orlando Figes
Simon Sebag-Montefiore
China Miéville
Martin Amis
Bridget Kendall
Victor Sebestyen
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Putin
Tariq Ali