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'The Mad Chauffeur' and the Liberal Dilemma

EXTRACT FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924 (Pimlico, 1997), p. 276-277.

...The liberals' paralysis was determined, above all, by their fear of sparking violence on the streets. They were caught between the devil of autocracy and the deep red sea of social revolution that would undoubtedly drown them too... [FULL TEXT 942 WORDS]

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