Dear MEL Topic Readers,
The revolution Putin wants to ignore
The first part of the revolution took place in February, March in the Gregorian calendar, 1917 and replaced The Russian Empire by a provisional government in Petrograd, now Saint Petersburg, the capital of the empire.
Then in October, November in the Gregorian calendar, of the same year, the provisional government was overthrown by Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin whose ideas known as Marxism–Leninism.
After a few years of civil war against counter-revolutionaries and other socialists, Bolsheviks reconstituted themselves as the Communist Party and created the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1922.
The Soviet became one of the two super powers after the world two rivaling the US but resolved in 1991, and the Russian Federation assumed most of the roles.
The still-mighty federation has been ruled by Vladimir Putin since 2000. However, the powerful leader doesn’t seem to be motivated to commemorate or celebrate the 100th anniversary of the revolution. Why?
Enjoy reading and learning what roles the TV and the Internet could play respectively these days.
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