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“The Russian Revolution is a process which started probably with Peter the Great and which has not yet been concluded. It is the effort of the transformation of a backward and oppressive form of society into a more progressive one which would assure more justice and more liberty to the peoples of Russia. In this long process there are two outstanding events which mark turning points. The second and much better known is the Revolution of 1917 and its rapid transition from February to October. The first, much less known, is the so-called Decembrist Movement which led to the first revolutionary explosion in Russia in December 1825, ninety-two years before Lenin inaugurated a new stage of the Russian Revolution. The revolution of December 14, 1825, was a verY short-lived affair, quickly suppressed, without any outward significance. But inwardly, this first attempt on the part of Russian intellectuals, members of the aristocracy, to liberalize and humanize the Russian regime was of utmost significance. It was the start of all the later revolutionary movements of the Russian intelligentsia. It was the source of inspiration to the succeeding generations. Notwithstanding the importance of

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Author

Anatole Gregory Mazour

Publisher

Stanford Univ Pr; Stanford University Press

Published

1971

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804700818

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Russian & Soviet History, Humanities