“In August 1914, the name of St Petersburg itself is changed to the more Slavonic Petrograd: in semiotic rebellion against this idiocy, the local Bolsheviks continue to style themselves the 'Petersburg Committee'.” RussiaBolsheviksPetersburgOctober Revoluton Book:October: The Story of the Russian Revolution Source: October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
“But the powerful and respected party right, particularly Stalin, went so far in the direction of moderation as to support a merger of Bolsheviks and Mensheviks - the proposal of Irakli Tsereteli, the outstanding Menshevik intellect and orator, recently returned from Siberian exile and now in charge of the Petrograd Soviet.” RussiaStalinOctober RevolutionTsereteli Book:October: The Story of the Russian Revolution Source: October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
“The early days of revolution were remarkable for how submerged and scattered that hard right was. Most of its high-profile figures had left the country or been arrested after February. Only the erratic Purishkevich remained at large, more or less powerless, tolerated and toothless. The political integument of Petrograd in particular had lurched leftward, repositioning radicals as moderates and moderates as right-wingers. In those days everyone was, or claimed to be, a socialist. No one wanted to be bourgeois.” RussiaOctober Revolution Book:October: The Story of the Russian Revolution Source: October: The Story of the Russian Revolution