The Russian Question remains one that continues to puzzle historians by means of how and why the Communist regime was able to be spawned; whether it was the realization of individual aspirations or the mere acknowledgment of an already crumbling imperialist structure, through self inflicted wounds- however one attribute which is universally shared is that the Russian people sought a rejuvenation or redevelopment of both materialist ideals and social emancipation- thus turning its back on the structures which governed it, and moving away from the economic backwardness which had plagued it for so long, and as history shows liberation was attained via the gates of Bolshevism. If we are to place this in context with the synopsis of J.K Galbraith- "Three conditions are absolutely essential for a revolution. There must be determined leaders- men who know exactly what they want, men who know that they have everything to gain, and also everything to lose. …
