The Relationship Between the Left and the Bolsheviks

The left s r hated the treaty abreast litosk. They believed that it turned russia into a subordinate, colonial satellite of the german empire. The peasants saw thousands of their brothers slain and had to submit to being robbed and plundered. When lenin got his way and the treaty was signed in march 19 18, the left s r commissars inside the government resigned rather than go along with it. Even years later, theleft s r leader maria spiridonova told emma goldman that the treaty was the bolshevik's first and greatest sin,.