Can you tell I'm rather a robespierrist and an anti-Bonaparte?
Yes there are some similarities between the French Revolution and the Russian one (and many differences too!). The 1789-1792 phase is a bit like February 17 while October 17 and the civil war that ensues may recall 1793-1794.
And Orwell must have felt it when he named his pig Napoleon !
But I must say that none of this stuff is my special field as an historian, I'm a medievalist.
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Date: 2007-04-21 12:27 pm (UTC)Yes there are some similarities between the French Revolution and the Russian one (and many differences too!). The 1789-1792 phase is a bit like February 17 while October 17 and the civil war that ensues may recall 1793-1794.
And Orwell must have felt it when he named his pig Napoleon !
But I must say that none of this stuff is my special field as an historian, I'm a medievalist.