Russian Revolution proved to be the water divide in the world political order. – Discuss.

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Russian RevolutionQuestion: “Russian Revolution proved to be the water divide in the world political order.” – Discuss.

Answer: Russian revolution of 1917 was an epoch making event in history. For the first time in the history of the world labourers and workers got the power to decide their fate. This revolution was the victory of communism fulfilling the dream of prophet of Communism Karl Marx. It proved to be the turning point in world history because it became inspiration for all the people suffering from capitalism and imperialism. It became a hope for colonial people and in a country like India Bhagat Singh declared that capitalism and imperialism were his enemies.

Communism and Socialism got promotion and the newly formed nations in Asia, Africa and South America like Vietnam, Cuba, Yugoslavia started giving preference to it. eg; Revolution in Cuba in 1959.

It became a big cause of fear for the proponents of capitalism and the fear rose to such a level that it gave rise to extreme ideological nationalism like Nazism and Fascism. Finally, it divided the world into two groups after 2nd world war leading to cold war from 1945-1991. So, Russian Revolution played an important role in raising the voice of workers and labourers and promoting communism and socialism.

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