Yeah… if I’m not mistaken, basically Russia was pre-industrial society before the revolution, and needed Europe to revolutionize too for that industry; but viceversa might not have been true, because had Europe revolutionized first, we could have pushed through the hardships with our preexisting industry.

But that revolution didn’t come, so Russia was left crippled: still pre-industrial, and damaged from the revolution, from the World War, and from imperialists trying to stop them.

That crippling made workers enter survival mode, both morally and literally, not being able to participate in democracy, which is what ultimately let Stalin and his allies raise to power and do what he did.