1. When Confronted with a Crisis, the new Regime Responded in
The Bolshevik dictatorship established after the October Revolution was very quickly faced with numerous monumental crises. ... In the months following the Bolshevik coup d"etat opposition forces quickly formed and took arms against what they deemed to be a "Bolshevik dictatorship". ... They increased the levels of conscription from the peasantry and proletariat, and quickly abolished the democratic soldiers committees that had been established during the euphoria of 1917. ... However, after the outbreak of Civil War, the CHEKA became an organ of terror, "dispensing summary justice including e...
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