When was the Russian Revolution? This is a question for SimplyKate who doesn't think there are enough history questions on AB and I happen to agree.

That's cool. I looked and looked but I couldn't come up with anything to ask. I just don't know enough about that subject to form an interesting question.

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by unknown on May 21st, 2007

The 1917 one is the one I was looking far; it was far more momentous, directly relating to the growing tensions of the First World War. It's significance went far beyond the wartime agonies of a single European nation. It opened a new era. It presented a radically new prototype of state and society. Sadly it failed to do what it intended.

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by unknown on March 14th, 2007

Yes on all counts, you wrote the answer I was too lazy to write. On its failure (which I agree with you on), it's worth noting that the USSR was faced with hostility from its birth, including armed intervention for several years by Germany, Britain, France and the USA, and that (sadly) Russia has never enjoyed true democracy, either before or since the Soviet times.

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by DavidHume on March 14th, 2007

The history of Russia is one filled with turmoil and pain. It rarely has able leaders and when it did they usually used the only resource they have, which is it's people, to build useless or expensive projects like St. Petersburg. It is always the people of Russia that suffer. It's quite sad.

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by unknown on March 14th, 2007

I agree its sad. In among the useless projects were gems like their space programme, education system and medical system. On the first they still lead the West, which is quite an achievement considering they have spent historically about a tenth of what the U.S. has.

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by DavidHume on March 14th, 2007

They are not burdened down in regulations and red tape the way we are in the U.S. that is both good and bad. I am refereing to the space program.

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by unknown on March 14th, 2007

I agree. You see the same thing in military aviation, they have a real can-do attitude that gets the job done for a fraction of what it costs us. Their products are rugged and often very advanced in design. For example, here is one of my photos from Farnborough last year. This aircraft stole the show! (See answer)

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by DavidHume on March 14th, 2007

It does look impressive but I am not much of an aviation buff. Sorry.

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by unknown on March 14th, 2007

No problem at all, I know it's not everybody's cup of tea. I am actually even more passionate about spaceflight and military aviation than I am about history and politics!

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by DavidHume on March 14th, 2007

I will try to find an appropriate question for you about space and avionics.

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by unknown on March 14th, 2007

Thanks!

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by DavidHume on March 14th, 2007

Yes, I posted after you commented about the kinds of questions being posted. It was months ago and then you were gone for awhile. I'm so glad you found it. I hope you liked it.

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by unknown on May 21st, 2007

I liked it very much! Thank you for thinking of me.

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by gone on May 21st, 2007

My pleasure.

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by unknown on May 21st, 2007