<p>The October Revolution of 1917 created the most democratic regime in human history. Through the Soviets, power was in the hands of the workers and peasants for the first time in history. These gains however were later lost under Stalin.</p>
<p>So was the Soviet Union actually socialist?</p>

The October Revolution of 1917 created the most democratic regime in human history. Through the Soviets, power was in the hands of the workers and peasants for the first time in history. These gains however were later lost under Stalin. So was the Soviet Union actually socialist?

Marxist University #13: Was the Soviet Union Socialist?

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