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Topics: Russia and the Soviet Union 1917–1945
Why did the Provisional Government fail?
Hindsight
Collectivisation
Hindsight
Evaluation
Hindsight
Lenin and Stalin
Hindsight
Lenin’s ideology and practice
Hindsight
The rise of Stalin, 1917–29
Hindsight
The Russian Civil War
Hindsight
The death of Stalin
Hindsight
From Lenin to Gorbachev
Hindsight
The Bolshevik consolidation of power
Hindsight