Yup , that ' s pretty much all I care about . <| sep |> The soviets had popular support , though mostly within the large cities and in the western part of the empire . I for one would much rather live in the Soviet Union than the Russian Empire , as did the majority of the population . I did not attempt to excuse genocide , I don ' t define what happened to the cossacks as genocide . I ' ll meet you in the middle at massmurder , but it fundamentally was not genocide . And acts of war ? Was the Russian civil war not ongoing when those events took place ? Or are you suggesting it wasn ' t war because of it was terrorists ? Also , feel free to define terrorism and then tell me whether or not it is acceptable . Was it acceptable when the Americans did it ? How about the Irish ? The various ethnic groups of the AustroHungarian empire ? If it ever is then when ? If never , why ? The word terrorist itself is pretty much useless .