La revolución rusa de 1917

En 1829, el escritor norteamericano hizo un viaje por Andalucía que lo llevó hasta Granada. Maravillado por la Alhambra, escribiría luego una obra que la haría famosa en todo el mundo. 

Hacia 1630, los españoles descubrieron en Perú las virtudes de la corteza del árbol de la quina para curar una enfermedad infecciosa que hacía estragos en la época: la malaria. 

Advertido de que dos de sus nueras eran culpables de adulterio, el rey Felipe IV de Francia decidió encerrarlas de por vida y ejecutar de un modo horrible a sus dos amantes. 

‏آخر فصلٍ من الثورة الروسية، الحرب التي تركت الندبة في جبين روسيا إلى اليوم 

Eye-witness accounts from the Russian Revolution of October 1917; the first dog in space; Sabah, one of the biggest 20th-century stars of the Middle East; the last journalist to interview Osama Bin Laden; and horror and heartbreak: memories of the First World War.Picture: Bolshev ... Show More

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In 1917, revolution changed Russia forever. Putting an end to 300 years of the Romanov dynasty, it made way for what ordinary Russians believed would be a fairer, more egalitarian system. But what sparked the rebellion? What was it like to witness the collapse of the autocracy? A ... Show More

Russian politics is fast destabilising. Strikes, assassinations, and famines have made Russia increasingly turbulent at the turn of the century. Revolutionary politics is on the rise, as is dissatisfaction with the tsar. When compounded by the strains of the defeat in the Russo-J ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss 1848, the year that saw Europe engulfed in revolution. Across the continent, from Paris to Palermo, liberals rose against conservative governments. The first stirrings of rebellion came in January, in Sicily; in February the French monarchy fel ... Show More

The Russian Revolution of 1917 led not just to huge political and social change, but to a new artistic freedom. Russian avant-garde artists like Malevich, Kandinsky and Chagall flourished in the immediate aftermath of the revolution. One of their greatest supporters was art curat ... Show More

The Russian Revolution of 1905 actually began in 1904.  Sponsor: harrys.com/revolutions 

<p>En 1917,  la Russie connaît 2 révolutions coup sur coup, celle de février qui renverse le tsar, laissant place à un gouvernement provisoire, et celle d’octobre quand Lénine et les bolcheviks prennent le pouvoir par un coup d’Etat.<br> Quels sont les acteurs de cette révolution ... Show More