Why Did Bolsheviks To Write Up

During the 1917 Coup, the Bolsheviks had the advantage of better organization and unity, allowing them to more effectively utilize their fewer numbers, organize the coup and exert political power. The united smaller force defeated the larger divided forces. Furthermore, the Bolsheviks were not fighting for rule of law, they were fighting for a dictatorship in the name of the people and the coming of socialism. As a result they were able to do whatever necessary to take power. Poe describes this when he writes “The supporters of the Provisional Government were committed to the democratic process and therefore hamstrung by the niceties of parliamentary procedure and law” (78). This is why the Bolsheviks were able to take power in a coup, because legality and legitimacy were none of their concern, they only cared for Communism, and that gave them free reign to do whatever necessary. …show more content…
Bolsheviks fought for the people and had their support as a result. In regards to the label of “religious cult”, Poe is attempting to highlight the Bolsheviks’ most important features, their goals and beliefs. Religious cults often times make ridiculous claims about the coming end times, and because their members believe in these claims, they are willing to commit any horror necessary to make sure the paradise they were promised appears. The same can be said of the Bolsheviks, who promised paradise on earth through the arrival of communism, justifying whatever horrors necessary to ensure Bolshevik power and by extension, the coming of communism. For this reason the Bolsheviks were considered a political