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S/H/163. Russian revolution of 1917: tragedy or triumph?

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2300
DATE:
2010
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29.99 GBP

The paper looks at the drivers and outcomes of the Russian revolution of 1917 arguing that the cruelty of the Bolsheviks transformed the idea of creating a Communist utopia into people's tragedy. The policy of the Bolsheviks is reviewed discussing the impacts of the War Communism, the Red Terror, the genocide of the people, etc. The atrocities of the regime are set against the democratic movements in Russia arguing that the tragedy of the revolution overwhelmed its triumph.

 

KEYWORDS: Russian revolution of 1917, Bolsheviks, War Communism, the Red Terror,

 
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