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Lenin Part 3: First Russia, Then the World…

Real Dictators

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The February Revolution in Russia

The Russian Empire encounters enormous difficulties because it's waging a major massive total war. It is the first of four European empires that collapse us under the weight of a waging struggle during wartime. Morale among Russian troops is desperately low, and there are now a quarter of a million disgruntled soldiers rattling around Petrograd. Professor Katherine Merrydale: The February Revolution happened because the Russians were losing the war.

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