12Zurich, Switzerland
January 1917
As Constantin and his colleague Moryak descended from the train platform, Constantin couldn’t disguise his excitement over the situation. The man he admired the most, the man who had stood up for the political prisoners at Solovetsky Island and made them feel safe was now a free man and had joined them in Petrograd! “It’s like a dream come true, comrade!” he had exclaimed when Moryak had appeared at his door the previous month. After catching up on each other’s lives, Constantin had quickly contacted Lenin, who now lived in exile in Switzerland. With glee, he informed Lenin that the man he had told him about, the man who actually made vors fear him, was now a free man and wanted to join them! Lenin remembered the stories he had heard about the man they
