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bucolic_frolic

(43,115 posts) Tue Feb 16, 2021, 08:01 PM Feb 2021

The Russian Revolution 1917

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The Russian Revolution 1917 (Original Post) bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 OP

Thanks for posting. Good information. It's been 104 years since... brush Feb 2021 #1

Posted because the October Revolution is about the clearest instance of insurrection around bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #2

brush

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1. Thanks for posting. Good information. It's been 104 years since...

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Tue Feb 16, 2021, 08:42 PM

Feb 2021

the Feb. 1917 revolution and Russia still hasn't achieved representative government. Putin still holds all the power.

bucolic_frolic

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2. Posted because the October Revolution is about the clearest instance of insurrection around

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 16, 2021, 08:54 PM

Feb 2021

An armed minority, cut deals with opponents, gave speeches, saw a path to power and seized it. Insurrections, especially in major powers, are very rare.

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