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>>"And the people eating the 1913 harvest didn't start a revolution. The empire fell apart after years of war [..]"

I don't think it's so simple. We have to account for the revolution in 1905. The Wikipedia article is a good one (1) and I think it shows the zeitgeist. In my view is the pressure of the system in the peasants and in the proletariat what creates the conditions for 1917, even if the wars were the trigger.

(1) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_Russian_Revolution




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