#like ooo i sure wonder who this unnamed and seemingly harmless guy is

[zanderbobs]

Reading letters between Lenin and Maxim Gorky to try to come up with some ideas for my Russian Revolution history dissertation and seeing Lenin offhandedly mention a "marvellous Georgian" who has been helping him out recently

#if there's one thing i love about history it's got to be the random things that only gain significance when you know what happens later #like ooo i sure wonder who this unnamed and seemingly harmless guy is #surely he wont end up being one of the most significant historical figures of the 20th century #history