13: Republics and Revolutions
The Making of Modern Ukraine
Lenin's Theme of Empire Is So Important in This Class
The Habsburg monarchy begins the First World War by attacking Serbia. But for our class, what's important is Russia comes in on the side of Serbia and invades right away. The people who made the Russian Revolution never intended to make a Russian Revolution. They believe that what they were doing was starting a world revolution. There are many reasons why this theme of empire is so important in this class. You can't understand the Bolserk Revolution without a concept of world empire.
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