Episode 96 - The Terror

<p>During the Civil War, threats to the Revolution weren't just coming from the battlefield. The Bolsheviks very quickly realized that internal enemies in areas they controlled were a danger, and built-up their version of the secret police, the Cheka, to counter those enemies. They got out of hand. </p> <p> </p> <p>Bibliography for this episode: </p> <p> </p> <ol><li>Hosking, Geoffrey Russia and the Russians: A History The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2001</li> <li>Figes, Orlando A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1917 Penguin Books 1998</li> <li>Smith, SA Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis 1890-1928 Oxford University Press 2018</li> <li>Fitzpatrick, Sheila The Russian Revolution, 4th Edition Oxford University Press 2017</li> <li>Kotkin, Stephen Stalin: Paradoxes of Power 1878-1928 Penguin Books 2015</li> <li>Smele, Jonathon D The Russian Civil Wars C. Hurst & Company Ltd 2016</li> <li>Mawdsley, Evan The Russian Civil War Pegasus Books LLC 2007</li> <li>Suny, Ronald Grigor The Cambridge History of Russia, Vol III: The Twentieth Century Cambridge University Press 2006</li> </ol><p> </p> <p>Questions? Comments? Email me at <a href='mailto:peaceintheirtime@gmail.com'>peaceintheirtime@gmail.com</a></p>