On whose money was made the First Russian Revolution?
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End of December 1902. Moscow. In the Kamergersky Lane huge queues. People gathered at the door of the Moscow Art Theater in anticipation of the premiere - Gorky’s new play “At the Bottom”. One of the main female roles was performed by Maria Andreeva. According to contemporaries - the most beautiful actress of the Russian theater. All Moscow went to look at it.
However, the success of not only the performance, but also the Russian revolution depended on how it performed the role.
Not just a beautiful woman and a talented actress, and Comrade Phenomenon. That is what Vladimir Lenin called her for the ability to get fabulous money. Preparation of documents for underground workers, organization of shoots from the links, purchase weapons - All this required large material resources, which the party did not have. From 5 to 20 rubles - this is all that ordinary Party members could transfer to the treasury. And Andreeva sometimes brought hundreds of thousands. Where did the actress, even if very popular, have that kind of money?
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