Historama, July 29

Tonight’s Historama investigates the secret of Russia’s noisy plane and the circumstances that made Vladimir Lenin leave his motherland.

In March 2007, the Russian Transport Minister called the 134 outdated. He said the existing fleet should be replaced with more modern aircraft within five years.

Lenin quits Russia for Europe

On this day in 1900, Vladimir Lenin left Russia to live and work abroad.

He would illegally come back for short visits in 1905 – the year the first revolution took place in St. Petersburg.

Lenin spent 17 years in Europe where he worked on his political ideas and pushed hard for regime change.

He returned to Russia after the Tsar’s abdication. At that moment, power was in the hands of the Provisional Government.

In October that year, he staged an armed uprising against the government. So Lenin emerged as the head of the new Soviet government.

Read more on this day in Russian history
http://rt.com/Russia_Now/2010-07-29.html