Lenin's Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution

Pomper, Philip

ISBN 10: 0393070794 / ISBN 13: 9780393070798

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2010

About this Item

Signed by Pomper on the title page. A dust smudge to the rear board, and modest edgewear to the dust jacket. Tanning to the pages. A Politics and Prose bookstore sticker to the front of the dust jacket. A detailed account of Alexander Ulyanov s short life and even shorter career (four months) as a terrorist. Bibliography, glossary, illustrated, index.; 276 pages; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lenin's Brother: The Origins of the October Revolution
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393070794
• ISBN 13: 9780393070798
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

In 1886, Alexander Ulyanov, a brilliant biology student, joined a small group of students at St. Petersburg University to plot the assassination of Russia’s tsar. Known as “Second First March” for the date of their action, this group failed disastrously in their mission, and its leaders, Alexander included, were executed. History has largely forgotten Alexander, but for the most important consequence of his execution: his younger brother, Vladimir, went on to lead the October Revolution of 1917 and head the new Soviet government under his revolutionary pseudonym “Lenin.”

Probing the Ulyanov family archives, historian Philip Pomper uncovers Alexander’s transformation from ascetic student to terrorist, and the impact his fate had on Lenin. Vividly portraying the psychological dynamics of a family that would change history, Lenin’s Brother is a perspective-changing glimpse into Lenin’s formative years―and his subsequent behavior as a revolutionary.

About the Author

Philip Pomper is the William F. Armstrong Professor of History at Wesleyan University. He has written and edited nine books, including The Russian Intelligentsia. He lives in Middletown, Connecticut.