Leonid Volkov: "Revolution and History"

“In my opinion, it is very correct and natural that as you move away from the object of observation, small details merge, but the overall picture becomes clearer. From the point of view of historical perspective, in 1917 there was, of course, one revolution - after all, the events of October were completely predetermined February. It doesn’t bother us that the four-year confusing whirlwind of events of 1789 - 1793 is called the Great French Revolution?

And I think that in the foreseeable future in history textbooks (maybe already in our grandchildren?) we will see not only one revolution, but also one world war, the Great War of the 20th century, 1914 - 1945 (and shouldn’t we also include Korea and Vietnam?). And I don’t see anything wrong with that either.”