the consent of the german general staff was achieved by the clever adventurer alexander parvus, but lenin swiss socialist fritz platton. three of the four doors of a train carriage. it was sealed, passengers had no right to leave it, all contacts with the authorities went through platton. the move through germany, sweden, finland went well, a solemn welcome awaited the former emigrants in petrograd. lenin swapped his bowler for a cap and spoke at a mass meeting, calling for a socialist revolution. the history of the sealed carriage is still controversial. lenin is called a german spy, but this is speculation. on april 9, 1968, on the stage of the bolshoi theater, spectators saw the ballet spartacus for the first time, staged by yuri grigorovich to music about ramakhaturyan. it was this production that became triumphant and brought worldwide fame to its creators. the choreography combined classical traditions and innovation. gaming the beginning, dramatic action, spectacular crowd scenes. all this made the ballet legendary. khochituryan often argued with grigorovich, but in fact they worke