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The Crisis in Russia (Hardcover)
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The Crisis in Russia (Hardcover)
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THE characteristic of a revolutionary country is that change is a
quicker process there than elsewhere. As the revolution recedes
into the past the process of change slackens speed. Russia is no
longer the dizzying kaleidoscope that it was in 1917. No longer
does it change visibly from week to week as it changed in 19l8.
Already, to get a clear vision of the direction in which it is
changing, it is necessary to visit it at intervals of six months,
and quite useless to tap the political barometer several times a
day as once upon a time one used to do. . . . But it is still
changing very fast. My jourrnal of "Russia in 1919,"while giving as
I believe a fairly accurate pictureof the state of affairs in
February and March of 1919, pictures a very different stage in the
development of the revolution from that which would be found by
observers today. The prolonged state of crisis in which the country
has been kept by external war, while strengthening the ruling party
by rallying even their enemies to their support, has had the other
effects that a national crisis always has on the internal politics
of a country. Methods of government which in normal times would no
doubt be softened or disguised by ceremonial usage are used nakedly
and justified by necessity.
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