• GeneralOP
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    8 months ago

    How did 8 thousand got a revolution in a country of 100 million?

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      8 months ago

      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.

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        8 months ago

        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.

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          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