PART A: Which TWO of the following statements best summarize central ideas of the text? A. Red October was the culminating event in the path towards a communist revolution in Russia, as the Bolsheviks officially took power. B. Though it preceded the revolution by more than two decades, the Great Famine of 1891 under czar Nicholas II’s rule was one of the causes of the Russian Revolution. C. Whatever progress was made under Nicholas II was outweighed by the catastrophic mistakes and bloody tragedies that characterized his rule. D. Nicholas II could have easily prevented the Russian Revolution and his own death if he had only abdicated sooner. E. Lenin ultimately failed in his objective, as he died of a brain hemorrhage before he could obtain absolute power. F. Despite the violence and cruelty of Lenin’s rule, it paled in comparison to that of Stalin’s regime.