Since the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia has been a magnet for Americans disillusioned with the American dream.

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Early in the 20th century, before the Bolshevik revolution, Russia's was the fastest-growing economy in Europe.

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Long before that, the Bolshoi was stripped of its gold in the aftermath of the Bolshevik revolution.

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The family moved to Berlin shortly after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, although Roman stayed behind until 1920 when he completed his graduate studies in biology and zoology.

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About 60 oil paintings, murals and sketches gathered together from Moscow, St Petersburg and Paris focus on the eight years Chagall spent in his home town of Vitebsk in Russia during World War 1, the Bolshevik Revolution and its aftermath.

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