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The "Class-Tragedy" of Izhevsk: Working-Class Opposition to Bolshevism in 1918

The "Class-Tragedy" of Izhevsk: Working-Class Opposition to Bolshevism in 1918 STEPHEN M. BERK (Schenectady, N.Y., U.SA.) The "Class-Tragedy" of Izhevsk: Working-Class Opposition to Bolshevism in 1918 The historiography of the Russian Civil War is replete. with conflicting interpretations of many issues and events. On one point, however, Soviet and non-Soviet historians generally agree. Both assume that the Russian working class, some three and one-half million strong at the time of the February Revolution, gave the Bolsheviks unstinting support and were the decisive factor in the success of the revolutionary movement. Students of the Russian Revolution have tended to overlook the fact that industrial workers revolted against Bolshevik rule in a number of provincial cities. The most signifi- cant working-class revolt against Lenin's regime took place in the city of Izhevsk and quickly spread to neighboring towns in the central Urals. Thousands of workers in Izhevsk not only refused to support the Bolsheviks but fought against them tenaciously for three years, almost the entire span of the Russian Civil War.1 Izhevsk, located in Viatka guberniia, in the valley of the Kama, the main tributary of the Volga, had a population of 100,000 in 1918. Since the construction of the Izhevsk Gun Works and Steel Foundry in 1762, Izhevsk had http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian History Brill

The "Class-Tragedy" of Izhevsk: Working-Class Opposition to Bolshevism in 1918

Russian History , Volume 2 (1): 176 – Jan 1, 1975

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Brill
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© 1975 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0094-288X
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1876-3316
DOI
10.1163/187633175X00117
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STEPHEN M. BERK (Schenectady, N.Y., U.SA.) The "Class-Tragedy" of Izhevsk: Working-Class Opposition to Bolshevism in 1918 The historiography of the Russian Civil War is replete. with conflicting interpretations of many issues and events. On one point, however, Soviet and non-Soviet historians generally agree. Both assume that the Russian working class, some three and one-half million strong at the time of the February Revolution, gave the Bolsheviks unstinting support and were the decisive factor in the success of the revolutionary movement. Students of the Russian Revolution have tended to overlook the fact that industrial workers revolted against Bolshevik rule in a number of provincial cities. The most signifi- cant working-class revolt against Lenin's regime took place in the city of Izhevsk and quickly spread to neighboring towns in the central Urals. Thousands of workers in Izhevsk not only refused to support the Bolsheviks but fought against them tenaciously for three years, almost the entire span of the Russian Civil War.1 Izhevsk, located in Viatka guberniia, in the valley of the Kama, the main tributary of the Volga, had a population of 100,000 in 1918. Since the construction of the Izhevsk Gun Works and Steel Foundry in 1762, Izhevsk had

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Published: Jan 1, 1975

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