The American Journalist John Reed,in Covering the Russian Revolution,wrote of the Events

The American journalist John Reed,in covering the Russian Revolution,wrote of the events of October 1917 that they were "ten days that shook the world." Although many attitudes and things were immediately shaken,it did have a more lasting effect because it:

A) was essentially a conservative revolution, which allowed the politically reactionary Social Revolutionary Party to seize power and restore the monarchy.
B) was a political transformation that set the agenda for future revolutions and created the political categories for the rest of the century.
C) was an utter failure, which caused the worldwide socialist movement to collapse and allowed Germany to declare victory on the Eastern Front.
D) was to serve as a model for the ensuing socialist revolutions in Germany and France, eventually leading to the creation of the European Socialist Union.
E) spurred other absolutionist governments to take precautions against similar revolts.