"What is the signincance of this revolution? Its sienincance is, in the first place, that we will have soviet government, without the participation of bourgeoisie of any kind. The oppressed masses will of themselves form a government. The old state machinery will be smashed into bits and in its place will be created a new machinery of government by the soviet organizations. From now on there is a new page in the history of Russia, and the present, third Russian revolution will lead to
the the victory of Socialism.
One of our immediate tasks is to put an end to the war at once. But in order to end the war which is dosely bound un with the present capitalistic sustem. it is necessary to overthrow capitalism itself. In this work we shall haut the aid of the world labor movement, which has already Begun to develop in ltalv. Eneland… and Germany.
-Vladimir Lenin, speech to the Petrograd Soviet (workers' council). November 1917

Russia's performance in the First World War was most signincantly held back by which or the following
A. Russia's large land area
B. Russia decentralized government and decision making process
C. Russias incomplete industrialization
D. Ethnic and Cultural differences within Russias population