The Bolsheviks In Power by Alexander Rabinowitch
The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd
A detailed account of the first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd, showing how revolutionary leaders sought to consolidate power amid war, economic collapse, and social unrest. It examines internal party struggles, uneasy alliances with workers and soldiers, the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly, the rise of coercive instruments like the Cheka, and the fraught balance between local initiative and centralization. The narrative emphasizes improvisation and pragmatic compromise in the early months, followed by a steady hardening of authoritarian control as civil conflict intensified.
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- Published
- 2007
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 490-510
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - Большевики у власти
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