books.google.com - With victory in sight, the Bolsheviks turned their attention to the consolidation of power within the former Russian empire. When they took power in 1917, the Bolsheviks believed their revolution had to spread beyond Russia or perish. Neither happened, and in the spring of 1921, at the end of hostilities,...http://books.google.com/books/about/Survival_and_Consolidation.html?id=gQfUB0CXBO4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSurvival and Consolidation