On November 7, 2017, Russian soldiers marched in a military
parade in Red Square in Moscow to honor the soldiers who had marched in a
military parade on November 7, 1941 before going to the front to defend the
city from invading Nazi troops. Commemoration of the centenary of the Russian
Revolution was relegated to side streets “in a pale shadow of grand Soviet
demonstrations on Red Square.”[1]
Even though Russian communists and likeminded activists from around the world
marched through central Moscow, the mood was subdued in spite of the milestone.
The full essay is at "The Russian Revolution."
The full essay is at "The Russian Revolution."
[1] Ivan
Nechpurenko, “Communists
Mark Russian Revolution’s Centenary in Moscow,” The New York Times, November 7, 2017.
