The Russian Revolution in the 20th Century

When they organized themselves in 18 79, they declared their ideological adhe ance to scientific socialism. This distinguished them from people's will who adhered to neurotis populism. They were starting to recapitulate the old westernzer slavofile debate that had raged in the 18 thirties and 18 forties. The reason capital turned out to be so popular among the russian intelligencia was not because it described the situation in russia, but because it was an exquisitely detailed description of the horrors of western capitalism.