Russia: Revolution and National Unity

This year, Nov. 7 marks the 90th anniversary of the 1917 revolution in Russia. Sean's Russia Blog writes about the events leading up to the Bolshevik's ascent ^[1] and suggests that, by some definitions, they “came to power democratically”; he also writes about the Russian opposition's wrong reading of history ^[2]. MoscowThroughBrownEyes writes about the current substitute for Nov. 7 ^[3] – the National Unity Day, marked on Nov. 4 – and about the Russian Marches ^[4] that took place on that day. A Soviet Poster A Day merges the Russian flag with the old Soviet one ^[5] and offers a few interpretations.