Revolution, what revolution? Russians show little interest in 1917 centenary | World news | The Guardian
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An excited orator cried out Mayakovsky’s line from the stage at St Petersburg’s vast October Concert Hall on Friday night, and brought rapturous applause from the nearly 4,000-strong audience, most of whom had red ribbons pinned to their lapels.
The event, organised by Russian Communist party, brought together communist delegations from Russia and abroad to mark the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution, a coup by a small but determined band of Vladimir Lenin’s followers that would forever alter the course of Russian and world history.