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A Leningrad student told me something shortly after I arrived in the Soviet Union in 1950 which illustrated in a small way a big aspect of the Russian Revolution. We were walking by a big building and the young man pointed to it, smiling, as he said: "This used to be the stock exchange. Now it's a maritime museum. That's a pretty good use for a stock exchange, don't you think?"This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.