The Bolshevik Party aimed to liberate workers from exploitation but ended up creating a more repressive regime than the Tsarist one they overthrew. The researchers argue that historians have misunderstood how this happened. They suggest that the Bolsheviks' goal of liberation drove their actions, but they faced challenges in creating a fair political system. The struggle for power after Lenin's death led to a focus on survival and catching up with capitalist countries, rather than inner party democracy. Extreme violence and dictatorship were seen as necessary for the Revolution's survival, but this approach may not fully explain its fate.