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I would say the dream finally died when Pilsudski launched the counterattack in the battle of Warsaw. Before that defeat they still hoped that presence of the Red Army on German border would inspire proletariat to rise up.

That was Trotsky, by the time Lenin died most of leadership gave up on these delusions, that is why he was so quickly neutralized.

There were actually two factions, one was in favor of radical colectivization, while the other was willing to extend NEP for entire generation, gradually preparing people for true socialism. Stalin played them against each other to sieze full power, then purfed them (soft purge at first).There...

My point was that this would be possible if Russia was still functional country. By the time Lenin crossed the border it wasn't anymore. Nicky decided to ignore the final warning call in 1905 and everyone paid the price for his futile clinging to autocracy.

No, the Germans only gave it the nudge, it was Tzar's incompetence, along with decadence and idiocy of the ruling elite that made it possible. Lenin and buddies would be arrested and executed as traitors if Russia was still functioning country when he crossed the border. Russian empire really...