Apologies, just did a reading and it said that in February of 1917 they had 24,000 members. By the October of that year they had 200,000.
Still, 24,000 is a very small number. I’m sure it had to do with the increasingly worsening material conditions and diligent party work done by the Bolsheviks.
The Bolsheviks were also not the only ones fighting. It was a broad coalition of hundreds of thousands of people. Not to mention millions of defecting soldiers.
Apologies, just did a reading and it said that in February of 1917 they had 24,000 members. By the October of that year they had 200,000.
Still, 24,000 is a very small number. I’m sure it had to do with the increasingly worsening material conditions and diligent party work done by the Bolsheviks.
The Bolsheviks were also not the only ones fighting. It was a broad coalition of hundreds of thousands of people. Not to mention millions of defecting soldiers.
NO NEED TO RAIN ON THE PARADE WITH A DOSE OF REALISM OKAY
Jk, I figured. But still, the fact that it was the Bolsheviks that actually were able to make it happen and seize power is inspiring