An earlier end to the war could prevent the Bolsheviks from taking power without preventing revolution altogether. A Menshevik-style revolution remains a strong possibility in this scenario. Its participants are described as more moderate than the Bolsheviks, with an explicit reservation about calling them moderates outright. Russia's postwar political development therefore remains conditional.
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Early peace could change the Russian Revolution
A different Russian revolution remains possible even if the early-peace scenario avoids a Bolshevik takeover.