Co-optation amid repression
In: Cahiers du monde russe, 2008
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This essay seeks to restore to the historical record the Revolutionary Communist Party, formed in September 1918 by a group of former Left SRs. From late 1918 until late 1920 the Revolutionary Communists participated in the ruling coalition in Saratov province, attracting a considerable following in several key districts and uezd towns, as well as elsewhere in the Urals and Volga regions. I argue that the party’s sustained commitment to Soviet power proved a decisive factor in keeping the province – perhaps the most important supplier of grain to the urban centers of the Communist-controlled heartland – from falling to the Whites as a result of a rejection of Soviet power from within. The opening of Russian archives makes it possible to illuminate its relationship with the Bolshevik Party, and to study the reasons for the party’s ultimate decline in 1920. In comparing the narratives of revolution constructed by both parties, the essay examines Bolshevik policies of co-optation of their populist rivals’ strategies of dissent amid repression, a dynamic that became a characteristic Bolshevik practice during the period and a key element of the formative experience of Civil War for all involved. Thus, this case study of the party’s relationship toward its populist ally offers valuable insights into how the Bolsheviks exercised state power in general. ; Récupération dans la répression. Les Communistes Révolutionnaires dans la province de Saratov, 1918-1920. – Cet article a pour but de faire sortir de l’oubli le Parti communiste révolutionnaire formé en septembre 1918 par un groupe d’anciens SR de gauche. Entre la fin de 1918 et la fin de 1920, les Communistes Révolutionnaires participèrent au gouvernement de coalition dans la province de Saratov où ils surent s’attirer un nombre considérable de partisans dans plusieurs villes clés des districts et des uezdy ainsi que dans les régions de l’Oural et de la Volga. L’auteur soutient la thèse que la constance de leur dévouement aux autorités soviétiques joua un rôle ...
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Co-optation amid repression
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Raleigh, Donald J. |
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Zeitschrift: | Cahiers du monde russe, 2008 |
Veröffentlichung: | Éditions de l’EHESS ; Cahiers du monde russe, 2008 |
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DOI: | 10.4000/monderusse.33 |
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