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Suspense. In these last hours of my life, I wonder, how will I be remembered? I think of what Engel said when Karl Marx died, with his death, mankind is shorter by a head. I wonder what will be said of me. It is through his books that Marx is remembered, while I, I have been a man of action, not of words. So will I be forgotten, or worse still, will I be remembered only in the writings of bourgeois journalists who already have distorted my motives and minimized my importance…

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Synopsis

In Russian New Year, the atmosphere is thick with tension as a revolutionary named Boris Kriabin reflects on his impending fate while plotting to assassinate the Tsar of Russia. The narrative unfolds in the shadow of St. Basil's Cathedral, where Boris plans to detonate explosives during the Tsar's New Year's Eve prayers, aiming to eradicate tyranny in one fell swoop. He believes that this act will secure his legacy as a man of action, unlike Karl Marx, whose influence he feels has overshadowed his own.

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Helmut Dantine

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Suspense 570113 681 Russian New Year (128-44) 26503 27m56s.mp3

Suspense, Episode 681

Russian New Year

Sunday, January 13, 1957 · 27:56

Suspense, Episode 681

Russian New Year

Sunday, January 13, 1957 · 27:56

Summary

In a tense plot to assassinate the Tsar of Russia, a revolutionary devises a plan to blow up St. Basil's Cathedral during New Year's Eve prayers. As the conspirators' motivations and loyalties are tested, the stakes rise dramatically.

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