“The remarkable thing about the Bolshevik insurrection is that hardly any of the Bolshevik leaders had wanted it to happen until a few hours before it began.” InsurrectionBolsheviksRussian Revolution Book:A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 Source: A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
“The Provisional Government had lost effective military control of the capital a full two days before the armed uprising began. This was the essential fact of the whole insurrection: without it one cannot explain the ease of the Bolshevik victory.” InsurrectionBolsheviksRussian Revolution Book:A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 Source: A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
