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Bolsheviks' Strategic Use of Soviets
- The Bolsheviks' October Revolution success in Petrograd was small compared to the vast Russian Empire.
- They strategically used the soviets' widespread legitimacy to gain broader support.
Moscow's Resistance and Fall
- Moscow, like Petrograd, saw initial resistance to the Bolsheviks, leading to street fighting.
- Both cities ultimately fell under Bolshevik control, marking the start of the Russian Civil War.
Cossack Resistance and the White Army
- Cossack regions, loyal to the Tsar, resisted Bolshevik rule, becoming a White Army base.
- General Alexey Kaledin, implicated in the Kornilov Affair, led this resistance.