Did Trotsky have a point?

Here is an extract of Trotsky's report on the 1905 Revolution. The first conclusion he makes about it is that it destroys the Pan Slavist, Muscovite myth that Russia is fundamentally different from the rest of Europe. In his book 1905 he wrote

"Our revolution destroyed the myth of the “uniqueness” of Russia. It demonstrated that history does not have special laws for Russia. Yet at the same time the Russian revolution bore a character wholly peculiar to itself, a character which was the outcome of the special features of our entire social and historical development and which, in turn, opened entirely new historical perspectives before us."

He is referring directly about the Czar's myth that Russia had a seperate and different destiny from the rest of Europe, that modernisation was not possible or desirable. In one way or another modernity would come to Russia, either by gradual reform or a revolution, both of which were modern concepts. Read more here