The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Everybody has forgotten that Russia helped start the Second World War.
If you look back at the history of the twentieth century, Germany alone had practically destroyed Russia several times.
Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire.
The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.
The Russian myths of the Second World War are still intact.
Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises.
The Russian revolution was to an unprecedented degree the cause of the proletariat of the whole world becoming more revolutionary.
In 1917 - as we have seen, - Italy suffered a great reverse, losing 200,000 soldiers and immense supplies.
Russia has always had a global history. Global history is a bummer. You suffer invasions of all different kinds. And Russia was not defended against them.
The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power.