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Robert Service on Lenin, Trotsky & Stalin | Secrets of Statecraft | Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution

The Secrets of Statecraft

CHAPTER

The Gamble of Brest-Litovsk: Bolsheviks' Precarious Rise to Power

This chapter examines the critical Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and the consequences of Kerensky's potential early agreement. It highlights the risks faced by the Bolsheviks in October 1917 and their subsequent success in establishing a long-lasting regime through a combination of luck and strategy.

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