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“… I am disappointed by the events of the last days [October 1917] not because I do not desire the triumph of the working class in Russia but precisely because I pray for it with all the strength of my soul…. [We must] remember Engels' remark that there would be no greater historical tragedy for the working class than to seize political power when it is not ready for it. [Such a seizure of power] would compel it to retreat far back from the positions which were won in February and March of the present year.”

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Georgi Plekhanov
Georgi Plekhanov

Russian philosopher and Marxist theorist, one of the founders of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. He made significant contributions to the development of Marxist philosophy and is considered the founder of Russian Marxism. more

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