“This investigation has shown that many of the widespread interpretations about the Russian Revolution have either no basis in fact or, at best, are ideologically motivated exaggerations. We could find no evidence for example that there was anything in the DNA of Bolshevism that would lead it to consciously and deliberately undermine proletarian power from the start. On the contrary they did all they could to encourage it for the first 6 months. Such accusations of course are made by those who already know the story ended badly, but to leave out the positive achievements of those early months is a distortion which denies the achievements of the working class in Russia.” SocialismCommunismSoviet RussiaBolsheviksRussian RevolutionOctober RevolutionLeft Communism Book:Russia: Revolution and Counter-Revolution, 1905-1924. A View from the Communist Left Source: Russia: Revolution and Counter-Revolution, 1905-1924. A View from the Communist Left