| | Russia, Government, Political History - JRL 3-21-05 |
 | | The system meant as a new stage in world history quickly became Russified, and its architects began searching for antecedents in Russia's past. |
 | | The 1917 Revolution was variously portrayed as a descendent of the Cossack rebellions of Stepan Razin in the 17th century and Emelyan Pugachev in the 18th century, or even of the Decembrist plot hatched by high-born officers in 1825. |
 | | The deep conservatism of Russian society and the lightning-fast changes it endured help explain one of the more ridiculous patterns of Russian politics: Each new Russian leader tends to reject and vilify his predecessor and promise a clean break, a renewal or a purification. |
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