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Six programmes employing documentary evidence to throw new light on past events.
1: The Greatest Hangover in History
Far from being the climax of a great social revolution, the Russian Revolution of 1917 was a Bolshevik coup d'etat, characterised by vandalism, random violence and looting. Helen Weinstein talks to controversial historian Orlando Figes, author of A People's Tragedy: the Russian Revolution, about the event.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Helen Weinstein
Interviewee:
Orlando Figes
Producer:
Helen Weinstein
Producer:
Mark Burman
Source: Radio Times

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