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Russian Revolution

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Communism

Remembering Lenin - the First Great Communist Mass Murderer

On the 100th anniversary of his death, it's worth recalling that almost all the worst features of communist totalitarianism began under Lenin, not Stalin and other successors.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.21.2024 3:17 PM

KolymaBones | NA

Communism

November 7 as Victims of Communism Day - 2020

While I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose, November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, which I am happy to adopt if it can attract a broad consensus.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.7.2020 10:40 AM

KolymaBones | NA

Volokh Conspiracy

November 7 as Victims of Communism Day

While I have long advocated using May 1 for this purpose, November 7 is a worthy alternative candidate, if it can attract a broader consensus.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.7.2019 10:20 AM

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History

Hard Lessons From the Russian Civil War

Cathy Young | 9.2.2019 6:00 AM

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Russian Revolution

The Insatiable Utopia

The Soviet elite who built a "dictatorship of the proletariat" and paid with their lives

Matthew Harwood | 10.29.2017 6:00 AM

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