The Bolsheviks - A History of the Revolution in Petrograd

After the july days something like 800 bolsheviks had been arrested, and it kind of looked like they were done for. Corneilof did more to single handedly rehabilitate the bolshevik than any one. In fact, just a few weeks later, here we are with word ripping through petrograd that a right wing coup was upon them. The soviet called all the socialist parties in petrograd together, and they hastily formed what was called the committee for the struggle against the counter revolution. Bolshevik representatives were not only invited to participate in this committee, but asked to take the lead. They demanded forty thousand workers be armed at once, significantly augmenting the