History of the Russian Revolution (Video series)

Opinions on the Russian Revolution reflect personal ideologies, often unconnected with the actual historical, social and economic background of the actual event. This first episode discusses, among other things, the interpretation of ambiguous terms, whose very ambiguity enables large discrepancies in the interpretations of history – especially the (probably) most successful social revolution in the world history of the last thousand years, compared, say, to the English Revolution of 1648 or the French Revolution of 1789.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

After the Feb 17 Revolution, the situation was unstable. This is the 4th and last episode. Episode 1,2,3 are also on line A reformist, bourgeois government seemed likely to remain in power, leaving things the same, apart from the conversion of Russia from a monarchy into a republic. But then the October 1917 second revolution occurred and its related events changed the course of history.

About the author

Jimmie Moglia is a Renaissance man, and therefore he's impossible to summarize in a simple bioblurb. In any case, here's a rough sketch, by his own admission: Born in Turin, Italy, he now resides in Portland, Oregon. Appearance: … careful hours with time’s deformed hand, Have written strange defeatures in my face (2); Strengths. An unquenchable passion for what is utterly, totally, and incontrovertibly useless, notwithstanding occasional evidence to the contrary. Weaknesses: Take your pick. Languages: I speak Spanish to God, French to men, Italian to women and German to my horse. My German is not what it used to be but it’s not the horse’s fault. Too many Germans speak English. Education: “You taught me language and my profit on it Is, I know how to curse.” (3); More to the point – in Italy I studied Greek for five years and Latin for eight. Only to discover that prospective employers were remarkably uninterested in dead languages. Whereupon I obtained an Engineering Degree at the University of Genova. Read more here.

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JIMMIE MOGLIA— Opinions on the Russian Revolution reflect personal ideologies, often unconnected with the actual historical, social and economic background of the actual event. This first episode discusses, among other things, the interpretation of ambiguous terms, whose very ambiguity enables large discrepancies in the interpretations of history – especially the (probably) most successful social revolution in the world history of the last thousand years, compared, say, to the English Revolution of 1648 or the French Revolution of 1789.