On Russian Imperialism 1914 - 2014 - 2022 (Patreon)

In this episode I revisit the question of whether Russia can be categorised as an imperialist nation.  

In doing so I work through Lenins definition of imperialism whilst looking at Tsarist imperialism and it's crucial differences to today. Along the way we encounter Trotsky getting the Balkan wars disastrously wrong and the power of the British imperialists over the old Russian bourgeoisie. 

Outro Music is 'For What Died The Sons of Roisin' performed by Luke Kelly

Episode Artwork is 'Fight of gun number 1 of artillery battery Aurora on a black mountain 11 September 1941' by the Soviet Chechen artist Oleg Gadalov