The Bolsheviks and the Anarchists in Petrograd

Bolsheviks and anarchist groups were still a minority faction out there, both in terms of their voting strength inside the soviet. But they were a strong and growing minority. Between february and june 19 17, they had both done extremely well among three key groups in petrograd. First was the first machine gun regiment. The second major group was those workers in the viborg districts who were now mingling daily with the machine gunners. These workers wanted to end dual power by just doing away with the provisional government and letting the workers and the soldiers role down with the capitalists.