148: Peace, Land, and Bread

A meeting of the Sovnarkom in the early days.

The Kornilov Affair weakened both the Army and the Russian government, such as it was. The only people coming out of those events with their reputation enhanced were the Bolsheviks.

In early November (late October by the Julian calendar) the Bolsheviks are at last ready to seize control of the government.

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Fanfare

Opening War Theme

Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Composed in 1888 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Public domain.
Public domain recording. Source.
 

Closing War Theme 



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