Do You Know What Happened to the Bolsheviks?

There was some popularity among, you know, maybe some of the leadership, among rank and file people, even in chichna, for the bolsheviks. This was the first time that the russian state had an ideology that was appealing. And so there was a large portion of them who were already certain to sympathize. I think most of em would have preferr that they didn't have to choose either side, but it became clear that they were going to have to.