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Mar 2021
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La revolución rusa de 1917

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ESPAñA
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En febrero de 1917, la guerra y el hambre abrieron las puertas a la caída del régimen zarista. ocho meses después le siguió la conquista del poder por los bolcheviques. Repasamos qué provocó y cómo finalizó la revolución que cambió la historia de Europa de la mano de Rusia. 
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