#1917LIVE: Real-time Lenin tracker
After years in exile, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin is rushing back to Russia to give new momentum to the 1917 revolution that toppled the Tsarist regime.
Follow his fateful journey with the Lenin Tracker.
17 April 2017
11:15 GMTReport: @VLenin_1917 has settled in at Bolshevik HQ at the ex-mansion of ballet dancer Mathilde Kschessinska #1917LIVEpic.twitter.com/JS5DVuGRgY
— Russian Telegraph (@RT_1917) April 17, 201716 April 2017
20:59 GMTUPDATE: @VLenin_1917 leaves #Finland station on armored vehicle. Reportedly he goes to mansion previously owned by Kschessinska #1917LIVE
— Russian Telegraph (@RT_1917) April 16, 2017- 20:52 GMT
Russian #revolution marks the beginning of the imminent crash of European imperialism! Long live the socialist revolution! #1917LIVE
— Vladimir Lenin (@VLenin_1917) April 16, 2017 - 20:31 GMT
What a fantastic atmosphere here! Long live the #revolution! Made a pic of @VLenin_1917 with #prisma filter #1917LIVEpic.twitter.com/hK51COyOfW
— Student Vladimir (@StudentVlad1917) April 16, 2017 - 20:23 GMT
Throughout the whole trip we were expecting immediate arrest on the Russian border. Instead, we’re greeted by thousands of people! #1917LIVE
— Vladimir Lenin (@VLenin_1917) April 16, 2017 - 20:19 GMT
MORE: Soldiers, politicians, revolutionary activists and ordinary citizens cheer as @VLenin_1917 addressing the crowd #1917LIVE
— Russian Telegraph (@RT_1917) April 16, 2017 - 20:15 GMT
HAPPENING NOW: People take @VLenin_1917 to an armored vehicle, which he uses as a rostrum to address the crowd #1917LIVEhttps://t.co/JfYuSaFA1C
— Russian Telegraph (@RT_1917) April 16, 2017 - 20:10 GMT
Thousands of workers, soldiers, and sailors greet Lenin as he arrives in the Russian capital. Months of political struggle with opponents are still ahead of him, but the dictatorship of the proletariat is imminent!
READ MORE: Lenin arrives in Petrograd to join the Russian Revolution
BREAKING: Bolshevik leader @VLenin_1917 arrives to #Finland station in #Petrograd, greeted by thousands of people #1917LIVEpic.twitter.com/bO0hILeLlD
— Russian Telegraph (@RT_1917) April 16, 2017 - 19:58 GMT
Lenin is about to arrive at the Finland Station in Petrograd.
- 19:22 GMT
Hundreds of #Bolshevik supporters gather at Finland station in #Petrograd as train with @VLenin_1917 expected to arrive in 1 hour #1917LIVEpic.twitter.com/jz2ENqnOhn
— Russian Telegraph (@RT_1917) April 16, 2017
