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Fall of Eagles: Sealed Train Decision
Kaiser Wilhelm II faces the dilemma of deciding to sponsor Lenin's return to Russian. He is fearful of creating a "Bolshevik nemesis" but reluctantly tells his advisors to allow Lenin and his compatriots to travel through Germany from exile in Switzerland in order to destabilize Russia. -
Fall of Eagles: Lenin's Dilemma
Lenin is hard at work growing his revolutionary movement from exile in Switzerland. He learns of the fall of the Czar in the February Revolution of 1917 and begins planning his return to Russia. He is given the difficult choice of accepting German help to get him to Russia. -
Fall of Eagles: The Confidence of the People
Vladimir Lenin meets with his life partner, Krupskaya, and discusses the role of the revolutionary party. He expounds his ideas on engagement with the common people and their needs in order to gain their trust. He believes that only with the confidence and power of the people will they be able to challenge the Czarist state in Russia. -
Fall of Eagles: Abdication Demand
Czar Nicholas II of Russia is traveling on a train, and the train is stopped because of an urgent matter. A messenger tells the Czar that the Duma requests that he abdicate the throne immediately, and when the Czar refuses, he states that they demand his abdication. The Czar is faced with a difficult decision, as it is clear his presence is not welcome in any new form of Russian government that takes shape. -
Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution: The Dustbin of History
Leon Trotsky criticizes his opponents in one of the most quoted speeches as the Bolsheviks consolidate power over the Petrograd Soviet and the Russian Revolution in general while modern experts weigh in. -
Sign in or create an account to view this clipRussia 1917: Countdown to Revolution: Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin
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Has profanityA brief explanation of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the key figures of Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin. -
Sign in or create an account to view this clipRussia 1917: Countdown to Revolution: The Rule of the Czars
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An explanation of the context in which the Russian Revolution occured - the poverty and dissatisfaction of the people against the all-powerful rule of the Czar. -
Sign in or create an account to view this clipThe Art Assignment: Cases for Political Art Part 1
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You can argue that all art is political in some way. Even a pile of yarn or landscape painting can be interpreted through a political context. But the various moments of the 20th century are political in obvious ways. We're going to dive into Kathe Kollwitz and the German war. Then the Russian revolution by Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir tatlin and lastly Pablo Picasso. We have to consider how each of these works is political, how each artis used the material and platforms of their own times to make unforgettable statements, and how these approaches might inform our own modes and means of expression. -
Sign in or create an account to view this clipTruman: The Manhattan Project
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President Truman is informed of the Manhattan Project and the American efforts to build an Atomic Bomb. He inquires if the Germans or Russians have similar capabilities. -
Sign in or create an account to view this clipReds: Joining the Revolution
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John inspires the Russians to become involved in the revolution against the Soviet Union.
