
10.93- The Kronstadt Rebellion
Revolutions
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Petroshenko - The Most Carismatic and Respected of All the Leaders
Stepan petrushenko only received two years of formal schooling before departing to go out and make his way in the world. He worked as a plumber before joining the russian navy in 19 12. And when the february revolution hit, he was based on a small estonian island the russians had booted the native inhabitants off of and turned into a little naval fortress. This island, however, was abandoned by russia after the treaty of breslitovsk. And petrushenko was reassigned to kronstadt, serving on one of those infamously radical ships, the petro pavlosk as a senior clerk. Despite his lack of formal
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