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Between the years 1914 to 1924 Saint Petersburg was then called Petrograd. A Proletariat is a citizen (then, often illiterate) of the lower classes, i.e. poor and or working-class, often blue-collar, manual labourers who worked on the land or as factory workers.

It states that many of the films extras et al were participants of the actual October 1917 revolution, such as the Red Guards, soldiers and sailors, and too, Nikolai Podvolsky, who was one of then leaders of the armed uprising.

What is a Bourgeoisie?

This is a person form the middle-classes (white-collar) who holds a conservative point-of-view. It also translates as a social class that (Marxist theory) owns the means of producing wealth and is seen as exploiting the working class (Proletariat).

What is a Bolshevik?

A revolutionary or radical socialist branch within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which during 1918 became the Communist Party, and also, somebody who shares the ideals of Communism.

Turncoat; what is that?

This is someone who shifts ones allegiance from one party to another, one train of thought, one ideology etc to another. In this process it is seen as an act of betrayal and treachery toward their original beliefs.

What is The Pravda?

Meaning Truth, it was a Russian newspaper from 1912 to 1991 and was used, mainly, by the Communist Party.

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