• DylanMc6 [any, any]@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    i’m just asking what would the ussr would be like if someone other than stalin (or trotsky) led the country after lenin (like zinoviev)

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      I think a better basis is instead looking at why the soviets did what they did in the first place before asking what might have been different otherwise.