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Ever wonder how a sprawling empire didn’t just stumble into revolution but was shoved off a cliff by a few determined characters? Richard Pipes doesn’t buy the ‘inevitable revolution’ story. Instead, he points fingers at Lenin and the Bolsheviks, arguing they weren’t just riding history’s wave—they made the wave, and it wasn’t pretty.
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Ever wonder how a revolutionary regime wrestled with the messy reality of dozens of national identities under one flag? Spoiler: it wasn’t pretty, and it wasn’t straightforward. Richard Pipes dives into the chaotic birth of the Soviet Union to show how communism and nationalism tangled in a political wrestling match that shaped the 20th century’s biggest empire.
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