re: #856 Obdicut
No. The Russian Revolution did not outdo the Czars in terms of barbarity, inhumanity, cruelty, delusion, and violence. Serfdom was actually, it turns out, no damn fun at all.
The serfs were freed long before the Revolution.
And yes, I’m afraid the Revolution and the sixty years that followed outdid just about everyone in history in respect of those categories.