In this video, we go over the rise and fall of the soviet movement from the time of the October Revolution in late 1917 to about the middle of 1918, and how the Bolsheviks ultimately "destroyed" the soviets at the onset of the Civil War.
Timestamps
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 01:09 - Why the Soviets were Important
- 03:49 - Soviet Power on the National Level
- 05:55 - Establishing Soviet Power (Autumn)
- 10:41 - Dissillusion in Soviet Power (Winter)
- 12:57 - Peredyshka (Spring)
- 14:19 - War Against the Soviets
- 24:59 - Rise of the Alternate Soviets
- 28:18 - Why Weren't the Bolsheviks Overthrown?
- 32:01 - Bolshevik Counterarguments
- 35:08 - Conclusion
Visual sources:
- Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library: [ Ссылка ]
- Anniversary of the Revolution (1918), directed by Dziga Vertov
- Colorized photos: [ Ссылка ]
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