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Claim regarding what Bolsheviks "achieved" oversimplifies 1917 Russian Revolution which occurred amid wartime collapse, broad social unrest, not solely Bolsheviks. Murders from Lenin's policies (e.g. Red Terror 1918-1922) as high as 1.3 million (incl farmers, children) https://www.britannica.com/event/Red-Terror https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/10/04/why-the-1917-bolshevik-revolution-was-bad-for-russias-economy-today-op-ed-a59147 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/12/top-10-books-about-the-russian-revolution https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2017/11/07/lessons-from-a-century-of-communism/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1X81M7/
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