On August 30, 1918, Vladimir Lenin was walking out of an arms factory in Moscow. Unexpectedly, three shots rang out, two of which struck him. The culprit was a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party named Fanny Kaplan, who viewed Lenin as a tyrant in the making and a traitor to the revolution. While Lenin was badly wounded, he survived the gunshots, and Kaplan was executed four days later.
What if Kaplan's shots had been fatal?
What if Kaplan's shots had been fatal?