Like the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Revolution caught almost everyone off guard. Contrary to Marxist-Leninist dogma, the Bolsheviks victory resulted not from communisms alleged inevitability but rather from a series of coincidences and accidents that could have been otherwise.
The Black Swan of the Russian Revolution
By Paul R. Gregory
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Other Independent Review articles by Paul R. Gregory | |
Spring 2018 | One Day We Will Live without Fear: Everyday Lives Under the Soviet Police State |
Spring 2009 | The Ship of Philosophers: How the Early USSR Dealt with Dissident Intellectuals |