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Sam Mendes may be best known for his Oscar-winning picture American Beauty. But the director has also worked on two Bond films and The Road to Perdition. Now Mendes is refocussing his directing talent on the past with 1917, a movie about World War One. When is 1917 out in cinemas? 1917 has a US […]
Hundreds of thousands fled Russia after the 1917 Revolution. Some of them found a new home in Iran. RT talked to a descendant of these immigrants, who takes care of an Orthodox Church in Tehran and the first home for the elderly in the country. One hundred years ago, the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin […]
An artefact marking a turning point in Russian history – the proclamation of the 1917 October Revolution by Vladimir Lenin – will be shown for the first time in the UK, the Independent reports. The event marks the uprising’s 100th anniversary. The poster, proclaiming the overthrow of the provisional Russian government, was put up on […]
The Russian revolution of 1917 paved the way for the creation of the Soviet Union – and also led to hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the country. While many left for Europe or America, RT found the offspring of Russian emigrants in Iran and went to talk to them. November 7 marks 100 years […]
The Russian Revolution is all around, as RT viewers will now be able to witness the horrors of war, join Vladimir Lenin as he seizes power, and even watch Joseph Stalin play the piano in new 360 VR-ready videos for RT’s #1917LIVE project. “With #1917LIVE we attempted to create an alternate reality online, so that […]
Published time: 28 Sep, 2017 14:57 MPs representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation have drafted a bill proposing a major amnesty in relation to the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, citing a boost to the authority of state power as the main reason. “The proposal is based on historical traditions of Russian […]
Citing Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare and a telegram proposing an alliance with Mexico, the US declared formally entered the Great War on April 6, 1917, with President Woodrow Wilson pledging to make the world “safe for democracy.” The war, which started in July 1914 with Austria-Hungary’s invasion of Serbia and Germany’s attack on Belgium and […]
