Word: 90s
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Russia of today by a brief history of the events that have led to the present upheaval. The beginning of the trouble, he stated, dates back to 1861, when the freeing of the serfs opened a path for them into politics. Then the events of the early '90s gave Russia a large and important mass of middle-classmen who were anxious for political power. A gospel of discontent and protest was preached unceasingly and the tendency of Russia was to stretch everything beyond the proper limits...