Военная история / The Bolsheviks: The Intellectual and Political History of the Triumph of Communism in Russia

Название: The Bolsheviks: The Intellectual and Political History of the Triumph of Communism in Russia
Автор: Adam B. Ulam
Издательство: Havard University Press
Год: 1998
Страниц: 629
Язык: English
Формат: PDF OCR
Размер: 35 MB

What was Lenin’s impact on the world? Could someone else have done the same thing? In retrospect, no one other than Lenin could have brought about “the Great October,” the November 1917 coup that established the Soviet state and communism, which in turn—this hackneyed phrase in this case is literally true—changed the course of history. The Soviet Union collapsed in December 1991. Communism continues to rule China, North Korea, and a handful of other states, but in a form that would have astounded Lenin. In their heyday, however, both affected, in some cases disastrously, every nation on the planet.