🎧 Russian Revolution
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Helen Rappaport joined me on the podcast for the third episode of our lockdown learning series to talk about the Russian Revolution. Join Dan Snow in conversation with historian and bestselling author of the internationally acclaimed, Stalingrad, Antony Beevor, as they tell the action-packed story of the Russian Revolution.
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