Rustem Vakhitov, a scientist and publicist, a regular author of “Soviet Russia,” writes in his new book about the October Revolution of 1917. Why was Imperial Russia doomed? Why did the liberal February Revolution fail? How did it happen that the revolutionary internationalist Lenin became a Russian patriot and collector of the Fatherland? Why is the October Revolution valuable for a Russian patriot? You will find answers to these questions in the book. It is about the dead end of pre-revolutionary Russia, about the weakness of the Russian bourgeoisie and pro-Western liberals; about how Lenin, wanting to create a springboard for the global Commune, recreated a Russian, Eurasian superpower. This is the best assessment of the October Revolution from the point of view of Russian great power and patriotism.