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October: The Story of the Russian Revolution Naval Warfare Penguin Classics represents a globalDescription by China Miville Paperback On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, China Miville tells the extraordinary story of this pivotal moment in history. In February of 1917 Russia was a backwards, autocratic monarchy, mired in an unpopular war; by October, after not one but two revolutions, it had become the worlds first workers state, straining to be at the vanguard of global revolution. How did this unimaginable transformation take place?