- Location
- Western New York
I'm reading Antony Beevor's history of the Russian Revolution and Civil War, and just got to where Fanya Kaplan tried to assassinate Lenin without any success. But what if she had managed to kill him? I can't imagine this results in a White victory, but it might delay their defeat a little perhaps. More importantly, how does the succession among the Bolsheviks play out in 1918? Would Stalin still come out on top at that earlier date?