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You got the order right, but “absorb the power surge” sounds off. The motor isn’t creating a power surge that the capacitor absorbs. The motor has peak draw at startup and the capacitor is there to provide that power.
I expect that somewhere like the Soviet union may have had a less reliable electric grid, the capacitor was probably needed to start the motor. But now a modern stable grid can provide that power just fine.
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