"Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past." (Karl Marx)

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Few Soviet citizens now remember the events of 1917 which culminated in the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks. But Lenin, the Bolshevik leader, is still revered by millions as the architect of the Revolution - an almost god-like figure. The Russians, as much as anyone, are the prisoners of their history. So what does the Revolution mean today? How do the Communists of the Soviet Union see themselves, their system of government and their way of life in 1977? Erik de Mauny, a former BBC correspondent in Moscow, has been back to find out Whatever Happened to the Revolution?