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Does the decreasing population in the imperial core compromise the prospects of a revolution there since there will be less people to join the vanguard army? (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] Skipper1402@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

How did 8 thousand got a revolution in a country of 100 million?

[–] TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Apologies, just did a reading and it said that in February of 1917 they had 24,000 members. By the October of that year they had 200,000.

Still, 24,000 is a very small number. I'm sure it had to do with the increasingly worsening material conditions and diligent party work done by the Bolsheviks.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Bolsheviks were also not the only ones fighting. It was a broad coalition of hundreds of thousands of people. Not to mention millions of defecting soldiers.

[–] TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 10 months ago

NO NEED TO RAIN ON THE PARADE WITH A DOSE OF REALISM OKAY

Jk, I figured. But still, the fact that it was the Bolsheviks that actually were able to make it happen and seize power is inspiring