The Bolsheviks and the Pre-Parliament of Legitimacy

The detachment sent to the bolshevik newspaper offices easily pushed aside the cadets standing guard, and by nine a m the bolsheviks were back up and running. No soldiers were sent to reopen the two right wing papers in the name of freedom of speech. As all this unfolded, korensky hustled over to the merinsky palace where the pre parliament was holding a session. Kerensky then quoted from lenin's open letter to his comrade that we talked about last week, that very much advocated a mediate armed insurrection. Butbe we go on, let's just remember that kerensky's government and this pre parliament are not exactly paradimes of sovereign legitimacy