Almost Complete History Of The Twentieth Century When Does A Sausage Become A Revolution?
Record ID:
121794
Almost Complete History Of The Twentieth Century When Does A Sausage Become A Revolution?
- Title: Almost Complete History Of The Twentieth Century When Does A Sausage Become A Revolution?
- Date: 20th October 1993
- Summary: WHEN DOES A SAUSAGE BECOME A REVOLUTION? The tale of the Russian Revolution that never really was. The Tzar had gone, but little had changed. Food shortages, oppression, the terror and the old inefficient bureaucracy remained. The elevation of Lenin to legendary status on his death in 1924 was the only way the party leaders could claim a revolution had occurred. Enter Lenin mania and a rouble-making curio trade that finally became all too much for the Kremlin myth manufacturers when a Russian sausage factory named their top product after the late and newly-embalmed Bolshevik leader...
- Description:A SERIES OF 11 SHORT PROGRAMMES USING ARCHIVE TO REVEAL A MORE "ACCURATE" HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY,MADE BY THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU PALLAS.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Kudos Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 3
- Transmission Date:20/10/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s