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100 years of the Russian revolutions. A study on many factors

Dr. Yelena Zabortseva
Dr. Yelena Zabortseva Source: Supplied

2017 marks the 100-th anniversary of Russian revolutions, or as some are convinced, the forcible overturn of power in 1917. We already tried to find out how the modern historians treat the events of 1917 from professor of the European university in St. Petersburg Boris Kolonitsky, but didn't get too far, as professor categorically said that there is no consensus on this matter, and can't not be. But Dr. Yelena Zabortseva, the lecturer lecturer in world politics in the Department of Government and International Relations of Sydney university doesn't agree


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2017 marks the 100-th anniversary of Russian revolutions, or as some are convinced, the forcible overturn of power in 1917. We already tried to find out how the modern historians treat the events of 1917 from professor of the European university in St. Petersburg Boris Kolonitsky, but didn't get too far, as professor categorically said that there is no consensus on this matter, and can't not be. But Dr. Yelena Zabortseva, the lecturer lecturer in world politics in the Department of Government and International Relations of Sydney university doesn't agree



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