Flags and flowers but little fanfare, as Russia’s neighbors mark revolution anniversary – or don’t

The 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution was marked in different ways in different former Soviet republics – and in some cases, it was hardly marked at all. The November 7 centenary of the revolution – which ushered in more than seven decades of repressive single-party rule from Moscow across a huge swath of Europe … Continue reading Flags and flowers but little fanfare, as Russia’s neighbors mark revolution anniversary – or don’t