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Kronstadt 1917–1921: The Fate of a Soviet Democracy

Israel Getzler · Cambridge University Press · 1983

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Type: Book
Author: Israel Getzler
Identifier: DOI 10.1017/CBO9780511562884
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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EstablishedThe Petropavlovsk resolution of 28 February 1921 demanded new soviet elections by secret ballot, freedom of speech and press for workers, peasants, anarchists and left socialist parties, release of socialist political prisoners, abolition of Communist political departments and 'cordon' (roadblock) detachments, equal rations, and freedom for peasants' land use.DisputedBy 1921 the Kronstadt garrison consisted mostly of new peasant recruits who had replaced the revolutionary sailors of 1917.