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The Russian Revolution: A New History
So you think revolutions are these grand, unstoppable tides of history? Think again. The Russian Revolution wasn’t some inevitable uprising scripted by destiny. It was more like a messy cocktail of bad timing, wild luck, and a few clever (and not-so-clever) moves, with a dash of international meddling thrown in. Sean McMeekin’s take? The Bolsheviks didn’t just seize power—they stumbled into it, and the world was never the same.
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