The first part is a historical analysis of the development of socialism in the Soviet Union . Bahro concludes that in the Soviet Union ( and , consequently , also in countries such as the GDR ) not the theoretically expected socialism but a form of proto-socialism had emerged . For the reason , he posits that at the time of the October Revolution the Soviet Union was far from the stage of development presumed in Marx 's theory of history . Nevertheless , the path chosen by Lenin was correct . Bahro regards Stalin 's subsequent massive industrialization as a necessary development , justifying the party purge as inevitable
party purge
Great Purge
Rudolf Bahro