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10.69- The July Days

Revolutions

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Lenin's Speech to the Marines

Lenin had by now been rushed back from finland, and didn't want to come out to address the assembled demonstrators who were quite literally awaiting his marching orders. This helped fracture the demonstration, as many of the anarchists and srs quit the column because they weren't convinced this was a good idea. When the sailors got to bolshevik party headquarters, they found the leadership there still hesitant and nervous,. not entirely sure that even they wanted the demonstration to put the bolsheviks in power.

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