What is Soviet Power?

Vladimir Lenin

Description: Speaking to the Bolshevik Party Conference in his first important speech since his return from exile, Lenin spoke of the Soviets as the embryo of socialist and working class power. He struck a sharp contrast with bourgeois forms of government, such as that represented by the reigning, though weak, Provisional Goverment.

1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth