Comparing Tilly And Lenin's 'October Revolution'

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Nonetheless, both Tilly and Lenin would define the October Revolution as a “revolutionary outcome”. First, Tilly would relate multiple sovereignty with a transfer of power. That is, “A revolutionary outcome is the displacement of one set of power holders by another”, as Tilly states (193). The October Revolution shows a significant transfer of power from one to another between multiple sovereignty. Second, Lenin would observe the capacity of revolutionary organization since Lenin asserts a “revolutionary outcome” would be identified when the organizations are capable of smashing the old regimes by taking mass revolutionary actions. This point is also revealed during the October Revolutions, thus Tilly and Lenin would analyze a “revolutionary