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03/11/2009 GMT

The Russian Revolution: Violence in Moscow

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Russian Revolution: Violence in Moscow

In 1917, a young girl watches the Russian Revolution unfold outside her window.

In 1917 as revolution swept through Russia, a young girl watches battles between the White Army and the Bolsheviks outside her family’s flat in Moscow.

In 1917 as revolution swept through Russia, Irena Sergevna Konkayevich watched battles between the White Army and the Bolsheviks outside her family’s flat in Moscow,  close to the  Kremlin. 

The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, were fighting for control of Moscow. 

Historian Orlando Figes adds insight to this eyewitness account.
Photo: Red Guards firing from an armoured vehicle in Moscow, during the Russian Revolution. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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