The Origin of Russian Communism by Nikolai Berdyaev. Short summary

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Russian Communism is a whole philosophical doctrine. It has its origins in Slavophilism and Christianity and touches on the ideas of anarchism. Communism is the result of spiritual growth.

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The Russian intelligentsia is a wonderful and unique concept. Its main difference is that it is not a group of people united by common work, it is a collective with common views and ideas. Their postulates are based on Slavophilism and the philosophy of the essence of being. Representatives of this estate were anarchists rather than adhering to the view of the unquestionability of the personality of the tsar. Nihilism, anarchism, and Narodnism are the product of a strong spirit.

The revolution of 1917 was something great and at the same time tragic. At the helm were members of the intelligentsia who stood up for ideas that were not their own. Russian Communism and Christianity are seen by the author as something similar. The Russian Empire gave more to the common people than communism does. It demands more obedience, demands no objection.

Revolution and the history of the state as a whole is not about politics. It is rather about the strength of the spirit of the people. For hundreds of years Russia went to the revolution, which was a demonstration of the inner strength of the people.