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10.76- Liberty or Victory

Revolutions

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The Russian Peasants Voted Socialists

In the fall of 19 17, there was no right wing block, nor even a progressive liberal block. Everyone voted socialist. We also do not find among the vast russian peasantry any hint of forming a conservative base for reactionary neo absolutism. The bolsheviks had basically zero connection to the peasants. And they collected all their votes from the urban parts of central russia.

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