THESIS STATEMENT
The people of Russia fought in the revolution and the civil war. They fought for freedom, the removal of Russia from the Great War, and a better economy. Although they failed in their mission, they stood up for what they believed in.
Everything living and capable of life is being emancipated from the hateful shackles. There remain only the peoples of Russia, who have suffered and are suffering oppression and arbitrariness, and whose emancipation must immediately be begun, whose liberation must be effected resolutely and definitely.
-(Lenin and Stalin, 1917)