The article suggests a comparative view on the Russian Revolution of 1917, the French Revolution of 1789 and the English Revolution of 1640. It argues that a revolution became possible in England, France and Russia because a fatal split broke the old regime's establishment, that is to say, a divide between classes, and/or fractions of upper classes, and power. The strenght and diffusion of puritanism, enlightenment and socialism througout old regime's English, French and Russian societies, were both the sign and the effect of that spiritual malaise and that political conflict within their respective upper classes (and so, of course, in relation to their subordinate classes). On the other hand, as a counterproof of what it is just said, neither Prussia/Germany nor Piemont/Italy, in 1848-1849 and 1918-1919, had something similar; so that a revolution was impossible in those countries and crucial moments.
The 1917 Russian Revolution; The 1789 French Revolution; The 1640 English Revolution; Comparative history