The Failure of the Revolt of the Left S Rs

Hundreds of left s rs were arrested in moscow, petrograd and other major cities. They summarily executed without trial a baker's dozen combat leaders from the ranks of the cheka. But as they interrogated other detainees, they just released anyone who claimed that they opposed the central committee's decision to go into revolt. The failure of the revolt marks the end of them as a political party. Their ship split three ways with some condemning their former comrades and reaffirming their support for the communists.