Ruské dějiny

Abstract

The article represents an excerpt of a larger work which describes the continuity of Russian history, concentrating on the links of Bolshevik and imperial regimes and on the necessary multiplied links of the system and the life of large state. Discussions have been held for many years, since Bolsheviks stressed the fact that the new political system represented an entirely new quality of political existence which is not linked with the past. The author underlines the features of Russian politics which characterize the Russian empire throughout its existence. Also the problems are mentoined which have been present but left unsolved as well as the heritage of Russian history that Bolsheviks had to cope with. At present, Russia presents a postcommunist imperial state, not yet democratic, struggling to overcome its political and economic backwardness and to catch up with the West.