The St. Petersburg Soviet

The assertions of complete liberty that prevailed in the uncertain weeks after the october manifesto eventually found pushback. Among the first to discover the limits of the days of freedom was the saint petersburg soviet, initially formed to be leaders of the general strike. The city officials and administrators started dealing with them as if the soviet was an official part of the government. Trotsky did his organizing, theorizing and strategizing under various assumed names and living in various safe houses.