10 sats \ 8 replies \ @kristapsk 22 Mar \ parent \ on: EU agrees to expropriate profits from Russian assets to capitalize war bonds econ
There was a lot of mistakes by various parties back then, bolsheviks used that and seized power. They were small fraction actually at the beginning of 1917.
Very small. And Lenin was stuck in Germany in 1917, almost didn’t make it to Russia.
By 1922 they consolidated power.
More proof a small dangerous minority can gain influence and power
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More proof a small dangerous minority can gain influence and power
Exactly, that's what neo-marxists are trying to do in the West for decades.
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When you were born who was Russian leader? Brezhnev?
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Yuri Andropov. But my memories starts with Gorbachev.
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1985
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Andropov died in 1984.
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Then Chernenko died in 1984 or 85
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Yes, Chernenko ruled around one year, from Feb 1984 to Mar 1985.
Gerontocracy, similar what has happened to USA now.