Interfax
If the Russia's October 1917 Revolution were to happen again today, 42 percent of Russians would actively support the Bolsheviks or "cooperate with them in some way," 27 percent of the respondents would wait out the time and not get involved, 16 percent would leave the country and 10 percent of those asked would fight against them, the opinion poll taken on October 24-28 by the National Public Opinion Studies Center VTsIOM found.
Answering the question about the revolution that brought the Communist Party to power, 32 percent of the 1,600 interviewed men and women said that it pushed the country's economic development, while 19 percent believe that it started a new era in the Russian history. 13 percent of the respondents think the revolution was a catastrophe and 16 percent were undecided. The margin of error is 3.4 per cent, the survey takers said.
The sociologists also pointed out that supporters of the United Russia party tended to be reserved and preferred to 'wait and not get involved.' The communists more often said they would actively support the Bolsheviks. Most supporters of the Yabloko party were among those respondents who would fight against the revolution, and potential immigrants were among the supporters of the Union of Right Forces party. The positions of the LDPR supporters diverged as they said they could support the Bolsheviks, fight against them or leave the country.
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