Could Russia's Revolutionary Past Guide Ukraine's Future?

Could Russia's Revolutionary Past Guide Ukraine's Future?
Supporter of the Ukrainian Communist Party hold a portrait of Joseph Stalin, during a mass rally marking the 88th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution on Independence square in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 7, 2005. Ukraine marks the 88th anniversary ofthe Bolshevik revolution.(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Supporter of the Ukrainian Communist Party hold a portrait of Joseph Stalin, during a mass rally marking the 88th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution on Independence square in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 7, 2005. Ukraine marks the 88th anniversary ofthe Bolshevik revolution.(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

MOSCOW — Weak, under tremendous pressure, its authority uncertain, the new government of Ukraine faces some of the same risks that once undid another fledgling government, in another place and another time.

The place was Russia, and the time was March 1917.

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