The Great Russian Revolution in the Evaluation of Political Thinker N.V. Ustryalov
The article analyzes the N.V. Ustryalov’s views on the Russian Revolution of 1917. According to this political thinker, the revolution in Russia was historically unavoidable and logical, and had both destructive and constructive potential. It was national by its nature and reflected the radical ideas of the Russian thinking and controversial traits of the Russian character. It was great by its scale and by the depth of its transformational processes. In its development, the Russian revolution, according to Ustryalov, went through the international and national stages. In the first stage the Bolsheviks tried to implement the ideas of military communism and world revolution, while in the second stage (since the spring of 1921), the task of the state national development became a priority. The driving force of the revolution was the city and country population, and the leader was the great utopian and realist V.I. Lenin. The revolution played an important role for the further development of Russia and the whole world. In conclusion, the author points out that Ustryalov’s ideas and evaluation of the Russian revolution remain topical for the modern understanding of the events that happened hundred years ago.