For many, the Russian Revolution of 1917 was a symbol of hope and offered proof that another way of envisioning the world was indeed possible.
In The Experiment , historian Er.
However, the often over-looked experience of Georgia, which declared its independence from Russia in 1918, shows there was another way.
But Soviet authoritarianism and the horrors of the gulags have since led to the Revolution becoming synonymous with oppression, forever tainting socialism in the eyes of its critics.
For many, the Russian Revolution of 1917 was a symbol of hope and offered proof that another way of envisioning the world was indeed possible