La revolución bolchevique no fue un golpe de estado

  • Carlos Hermida Revillas

Abstract

Contrary to the views of some historians that the October revolution was a coup d’etat carried out by Lenin, this paper argues that the Bolshevik revolution was, in fact, a mass upraising. By 1917 the Bolsheviks had the majority in the soviets of Russia and in other mass organisations. With support of the workers and of a good part of the soldiers the Bolshevik party had little trouble taking power. The victory in the civil war, fighting against an army helped by the main capitalistic powers, showed quite clearly that the Bolsheviks had the support of ordinary people, and Lenin did not need a coup d’etat to get into power.

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Published
2002-01-01
How to Cite
Hermida Revillas C. (2002). La revolución bolchevique no fue un golpe de estado. Historia y Comunicación Social, 7, 109-119. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/HICS/article/view/HICS0202110109A
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No. 7 (2002)
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