Roll On the Revolution ; See the Wonders of St. Petersburg Where It All Began 90 Years Ago

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THAT old misery Lenin must be spinning in his mausoleum as St Petersburg gets set to mark the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution this month.

The original capital of Russia, it was here on October 25, 1917 that thousands of mutinous soldiers, sailors and peasants stormed the Winter Palace and seized the country's provisional government, which had taken over when the Czar abdicated.

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Roll On the Revolution ; See the Wonders of St. Petersburg Where It All Began 90 Years Ago

And so the long and frequently bloody history of Communism was born.

But while Communism has come and gone, St Petersburg is still alive and very much kicking. It's one of the truly mustsees of Europe and a great ...

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