1. When Confronted with a Crisis, the new Regime Responded in
The civil war against the various anti-Bolshevik forces, the paralysing economic crisis, and the widespread political discontent were all dangerous crises that had the potential to unseat the newly formed government. ... In October 1917 the Bolsheviks inherited an economy on the brink of collapse. Four years of devastating war had paralysed Russian industry, and the outbreak of widespread civil war, plus the subsequent loss of important agricultural land (i.e. the Volga region, Ukraine) further compounded the problem. As Fitzpatrick asserts, the Bolsheviks "first and overwhelming probl...
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