Re: Bolhevik Esrolians

From: Chris Lemens <chrislemens_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 07:09:18 -0700 (PDT)

Peter wrote:
> I don't see why this should be so. The Tsars of
> Russia recruited large numbers of serfs into their
> army yet the forces that overthrew them came
> from another sector of society.

That kinda depends on your reading of Russian history.  Most of the "workers" that joined the party were transplanted peasants (serfdom having been abolished about 30 years earlier). And the party got a huge help from discontented sailors, who were largely former peasants.

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Chris Lemens

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