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Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth
They were utterly desperate. The country had just been through WWI AND a 5-year revolution spanning not only western Russia but also all of north Asia. The country was in ruins. Of course they spent, pawned, stole and sold much of what they could find in the palaces. Although the also preserved a lot, which is there for everyone to see.
Still, even if the Bolshevik Revolution hadn't happened, and other democratic reformers had taken over, they'd have had to do the similar, to get the nation onto a solid footing after the war.
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looks like they were mostly cold calculating criminals and terrorists with a grand plan, just some were idealist who ended up in GULAG. Lenin and co were well paid by Germans to undermine tsar's efforts against Germany.
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