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Every single of the innovations the OP listed was attained under "the bolshevist/communistic terror system". Prior to the 1917 Revolution, Imperial Russia was a
by larry_ralph_ 3y ago
Every single of the innovations the OP listed was attained under "the bolshevist/communistic terror system". Prior to the 1917 Revolution, Imperial Russia was an Agricultural backwater that was widely derided as the least industrialized part of Europe.
Honest question: Don't they teach history in school these days? The level of ignorance displayed in some of the comments in this thread is staggering.
- waihtis 3y agoHilarious. Are you advocating the Soviet Union was a progressive nation?
- larry_ralph_ 3y agoI understand. You literally don't know what else to say, so you have to at least attempt to say something that you think might sound witty. A real pity. And yes, compared to Imperial Russia that was a Near-Absolute Monarchy with an Hereditary Emperor whose imperial style/form of address was "Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias" the Soviet Union was a beacon of progressiveness.