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They couldn't believe that anyone could be as evil as Joseph Stalin.
他们不信还有谁能邪恶过约瑟夫·斯大林
Sadly, they were wrong.
真悲伤，他们错了
Three. Forget about principle.
三，忘掉原则
Lenin and his minions found out that inventing a government out of scratch was not very easy.
列宁和他的手下发现，从头开始创建一种政府并非易事
The new Soviet government veered between war communism, which basically consisted of grabbing whatever wasn't tied down,
新生的苏维埃政府由战时共产主义突然掉头转向新经济政策，前者基本上是在抢走一切剩余的东西
and the New Economic Policy which was just guised-up capitalism or maybe capitalism-light.
而后者不过是掩饰下的资本主义或者程度轻一点的资本主义
The Soviet Union also needed Western help in rebuilding its heavy industry.
苏联也需要来自西方的帮助来重建它的重工业
Strangely, the most friendly country to the Soviet Union in its early years was Weimar Germany.
奇怪的是，在早期对苏联最友善的国家是魏玛德国
In return for German help with military technology
为了回报德国在军事技术上的帮助，
the Soviets allowed Germany to train troops, test new weapons and engage in war games on their land,
苏维埃允许德国在俄国的土地上，甚至是在凡尔赛条约中明文禁止的区域训练军队，
all on Russian soil and all specifically forbidden by the treaty of Versailles.
测试新型武器，参与到战争中去
Four. Workers of the World United or not.
四，全世界的工人联合得起来吗?
The world revolution preached by Marx turned out to be a big bust.
马克思宣扬的世界革命最后成了一场失败
German revolution failed, as did the short-lived Hungarian-Soviet republic.
德国革命失败了，同样的还有短暂存活过的匈牙利苏维埃共和国
