The book of the famous Russian writer and scientist S.G. Kara-Murza shows how the initially typically Westernized revolution of 1917 turned into a broad national movement, which predetermined the inevitable victory of the Bolsheviks and Lenin. It was the October Revolution, asserts and proves S.G. Kara-Murza, ensured Russia's choice of its own, special path of development ("Soviet project" and further the USSR), which allowed her to achieve impressive results in all areas of socio-economic life in the shortest possible time. As always, S.G. Kara-Murza's book contains an in-depth analysis of the events in question and a large amount of factual material.