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The Russian Revolution

The Russian revolution, remembered by the leader of the government overthrown by the Bolsheviks; the Jarrow Crusade; WW2’s battle of El Alamein; and Britain’s last executioner.

The Russian revolution as remembered by Alexander Kerensky, leader of the government overthrown by the Bolsheviks; the Jarrow Crusade during the Great Depression; the Green March in the Sahara desert; WW2’s battle of El Alamein; and Britain’s last executioner.

Photo: Demonstrators gather in front of the Winter Palace in Petrograd, formerly St Petersburg, during the 1917 Russian Revolution. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images

50 minutes

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Mon 9 Nov 201504:06GMT
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