30th March, 1917.
An explosion occurs off the coast of Sweden although the stormy seas ensured that no-one saw it. The source of the explosion, the ferry, "Queen Victoria", carrying Russian exiles onto their way to Trelleborg, Sweden on their returning to Russia from exile.
One casualty in the incident was one Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolsheviks.
For days, concerned associates of the exiles and German officials awaited news of their counterparts of the successful journey. No such confirmation arrived.
A week later, their worse fears are confirmed. A trawler, crossing the Baltic sea, stumbles across the wreckage of the ferry. There were no survivors. Although it was not confirmed, many suspected sabotage. Many across the world mourn. Many are intellectuals, mourning the loss of so many fine thinkers, yet many more are lesser men, those who saw the exiled as heroes and saviors of the people. They mourned for the loss, yet their hearts filled with anger, crying out for revenge against those they believe held responsible.
Suspicion falls upon the ones most likely to have instigated this atrocity..
Then the downfall of the provisional government.. and the rise of the Soviet Union without Lenin or Radek, Zinoviev and many other exiles.