The Russian Bolshevik Revolution (Mar-Nov 1917) | Strategy of Protest and Revolution 4.5

How did 3 thousand Bolsheviks take over an Empire of 160 million? In this video, we explore how Lenin's Bolsheviks navigated the turbulent waters of Revolutionary Russia to ultimately seize power and establish the Soviet Union. In the process, Lenin's social movement theory would have to adjust to various practical realities, including: limited organizational reach, radical sailors, and of course, constant ideological deviation. The result was a Revolution that would - theoretically - inspire socialists throughout the world.

SCRIPT: https://strategosstuff.blogspot.com/2...

All errors are my own. I apologize again to all channel followers for my unannounced hiatus (again)...

▬ CHAPTERS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Start
0:19 - (I) Introduction
2:58 - (II) The February Revolution
10:42 - (III) Mar-Apr: A Strategy of Chaos
18:00 - (IV) May-Oct: Organizing Revolution
27:00 - (V) The October Revolution
30:33 - (VI) Prevention: The Soviet Dictatorship
35:14 - (VII) Conclusion

▬ SOURCES ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Anweiler O. The Soviets. Random House 1974.
Benvenuti F. The Bolsheviks and the Red Army. Cambridge University Press 1988.
Brinton M. The Bolsheviks and Workers Control. Zabalaza Books 2017.
Gill G. Peasants & Government in the Russian Revolution. The Macmillan Press 1979.
Lih L. ‘Fully Armed: Kamenev and Pravda in March 1917’. The NEP Era: Soviet Russia 1921-1928, 8 (2014).
Mandel D. The Petrograd Workers in the Russian Revolution. Brill 2017.
Mawdsley E. The Russian Revolution and the Baltic Fleet. Antony Rowe Ltd 1993.
Merridale C. Lenin on the Train. Metropolitan Books 2017.
Smith S. Red Petrograd. Cambridge University Press 1985.
Slusser R. Stalin in October. Johns Hopkins University Press 2019.

▬ CREDITS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Alex

▬ ATTRIBUTIONS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Wikipedia (basic facts + figures + dates)
https://www.marxists.org/ (quotes)

Maps:
https://omniatlas.com/maps/northern-e...
(Pre-Revolution Russia)
https://omniatlas.com/maps/northern-e...
(Provisional Government)
https://omniatlas.com/maps/northern-e...
(Areas of Bolshevik Control)
https://omniatlas.com/maps/northern-e...
(Russian Civil War)
https://omniatlas.com/maps/northern-e...
(Soviet Union)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia...
(Finnish borders)
McMeekin S. The Russian Revolution. Profile Books 2017.
(1917 Frontlines)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
(Riga Campaign)
Faulker M. The Great War at Sea. Seaforth Publishing 2015.
(Operation Albion)
Mawdsley E. The Russian Revolution and the Baltic Fleet. Antony Rowe Ltd 1993.
(Land/Naval forces around Petrograd)
Galili Z. The Menshevik Leaders in the Russian Revolution. Princeton University Press 1989
(Petrograd in 1917 1)
Wade R (ed.). Revolutionary Russia. Routledge 2004.
(Petrograd in 1917 2)
Gill G. Peasants & Government in the Russian Revolution. The Macmillan Press 1979.
(Peasant Unrest)

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