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| unhinged | 'the british sent spies...as did the french and americans - to meddle covertly in russia's politics, and diplomats were more openly trying to stiffen the provisional government's resolve. the allied interference led directly to a military disaster which hastened the second 1917 revolution and helped bring about the outcome they least wanted: bolsheviks in power and russia's withdrawal from the war.' - victor sebestyen | 180124 |