The Kronstat Naval Base

When the third anniversary of theo revolution rolled around in november 19 20, the communist regime was simultaneously and paradoxically, more secure and more insecure than it had ever been. But discontentment, disenchantment and disillusionment with the communist was bursting forth all across russia. Then in march 19 21, the communists faced an unexpected threat from one of their most reliable allies, the sailors of the kronstat naval base. For the kronstadt sailors, the revolution meant the overthrow of all forms of authoritarian, dictatorial and centralized control. They rooted their revolution in the self organized soviets of workers and peasants deputies,. Their own soviet, which they formed