Year One of the Russian RevolutionEvents in the Soviet Republic during the year following the October 1917 revolution; a period of anarchy, famine, blockade, massacres and counterrevolution. |
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All-Russian Allied anarchists arms arrested battle Bolshevik party Bolshevism bourgeois bourgeoisie Brest-Litovsk British capital capitalist cent Central Committee Central Powers Cheka civil command Communist Congress Constituent Assembly Cossack Council of People's counter-revolution counter-revolutionary countryside Czechoslovak Czechs declared decree defeat defend delegates democracy democratic dictatorship economic elected enemy Executive expropriation factories famine forces foreign formed French front German revolution imperialism industry insurrection intervention Kadets Kazan Kerensky kulaks labour leaders Left Communists Left SRs Lenin London masses Mensheviks ment military million Moscow movement November October Revolution offensive officers organization Paris peace peasantry peasants People's Commissars Petrograd petty-bourgeoisie political proletariat Red Army Red Guards regime resistance revo revolutionary roubles Rumanian Russian revolution sabotage Samara Serge Serge's shot Siberia Social-Democratic Socialism Socialist Socialist-Revolutionary soldiers Soviet government Stavka struggle Sviazhsk terror tion tionary troops Trotsky Trotsky's Ukraine Ural Vee-Tsik Victor Serge victory Volga vote White workers