What was Gippius's main criticism of the 1917 October Revolution?
Economic collapse
Cultural disaster
Political corruption
Military failure
Answer
The October Revolution, led by the Bolsheviks, was seen by Zinaida Gippius as a cultural catastrophe. She believed that the revolution would bring about the destruction of Russian culture, values, and traditions, and the rise of a new, vulgar, and materialistic society. She saw the revolution as a betrayal of Russia's past and a threat to its future.
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