Antony Beevor on the Russian revolution
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Why Did the Bolsheviks Seize Power So Quickly?
Bolsheviks were able to seize power so soon after the previous revolution. Why do you think that was snuffed out so quickly? Well, liberals, and especially, one thinks of the wonderful liberal tradition russia,. But there was a fundamental problem also, which was a political one. And this suited the bolshevik and lenin exactly what they needed. They wanted lawlessness. They wanted chaos. Because this upsurge of chaotic violence was actually bullozing a way through for the bolsheviks tocease power.
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