La revolución rusa

This book by the famous historian Christopher Hill, considered a classic on the subject, tries to establish the place that Lenin and the revolution that became his life's work should occupy in history, and in turn constitutes an indispensable introduction to the Revolution. Russian. In it the main questions are analyzed: the essence of the Bolshevik party and how it differs from other socialist parties; agrarian policy in a country where peasants made up 80 percent of the population; the political philosophy on which the Revolution and the Soviet State were inspired; Lenin's critique of imperialism and the definition of the national and international policy that the leaders of the government would follow after him.