1. Maxim Gorky was considered the main Soviet, proletarian writer in the early USSR. Streets and cities were named after him, it was printed in millions of copies. But what did he himself think about the revolution and the power of the Bolsheviks? blogger so-or He writes:https://takoe-nebo.livejournal.com/909483.html
…after the coup 1917 of the year, for some time, he suddenly received his sight, realized the horror of the communists he so lovingly supported and their dictatorship. Below are quotes from his articles., published after October 1917.“The revolutionary of this day is first of all offended for himself, for it, who is not talented, not strong, for it, that he was insulted, even for that, that once he was in prison, was in exile, eked out the painful existence of an emigrant. He is full of, like a sponge, revenge, and wants to pay back those who offended him. He treats people, like a mediocre scientist to dogs and frogs, intended for cruel scientific experiments"."People's Commissars treat Russia as material for experience, the Russian people for them is that horse, which bacteriologists inoculate typhus in order to, so that the horse develops anti-typhoid serum in its blood. It is precisely such a cruel and doomed to failure experiment that the commissars are doing over the Russian people, without thinking about it, that an exhausted half-starved horse can die.Reformers from Smolny do not care about Russia, they cold-bloodedly condemn her as a victim of their dream of a world or European revolution ... "His editorial in the Novaya Zhizn newspaper. After the executions of popular demonstrations in support of the Constituent Assembly in January 1918 Gorky saw even more.“From today, even for the most naive simpleton, it becomes clear, that not only about some courage and revolutionary dignity, but even the most elementary honesty in relation to the policy of people's commissars is out of the question. Before us is a company of adventurers, who, for their own interests, for the sake of prolonging for a few more weeks the agony of their dying autocracy, they are ready for the most shameful betrayal of the interests of the Motherland and the revolution, interests of the Russian proletariat, in whose name they rampage on the vacant throne of the Romanovs".Gorky's article "January 9 - 5 January", parallels between “Bloody Sunday” 1905 and the executions of the Bolsheviks at the beginning of 1918."Lenin, Trotsky and those accompanying them have already been poisoned by the rotten poison of power ... But I believe, that the mind of the working class, his consciousness of his historical tasks will soon open the eyes of the proletariat to the whole unrealizability of Lenin's promises, to the depths of his madness...The working class cannot fail to understand, that Lenin is on his skin, produces a certain experience on his blood ... The working class must know, that miracles don't really happen, that hunger awaits him, complete breakdown of the industry, destruction of transport, long, bloody anarchy, and behind it - no less bloody gloomy reaction.This is where the proletariat is being led by its current leader, and need to understand, that Lenin is not an almighty sorcerer, a cold-blooded magician, spare no honor, nor the life of the proletariat.The workers must not allow adventurers and madmen to pile on the head of the proletariat disgraceful, senseless and bloody crimes, for which Lenin will not pay, but the proletariat itself.“Truth knows, that the workers of Obukhovsky took part in the demonstration, Cartridge and other factories, that under the red banners of the Russian Social-Democratic. party to the Tauride Palace were the workers of Vasileostrovsky, Vyborgsky and other districts. It was these workers who were shot, and no matter how much "Truth" lied, she will not hide the shameful fact.so, 5 January they shot the workers of Petrograd, unarmed. Shot without warning, what will shoot, shot from ambush, through the cracks of the fences, cowardly, like real killers...”“Imagining themselves Napoleons from socialism, Leninists tear and toss, completing the destruction of Russia - the Russian people will pay for this with lakes of blood"."Probably, more people killed under Lenin, than under Wat Tyler, Fome Munzere, Garibaldi".The final sentence of the great proletarian writer was cruel: Bolshevism is a national misfortune!»
Vplot to 1921 Gorky then tried to criticize the authorities, then collaborated with her to help other cultural figures, who then lived in Petrograd on a starvation ration and were persecuted by the Cheka. big name, wide international fame protected Gorky from repression. But in the end, he still could not stand it and went abroad. However, Lenin, pretty tired of Gorky's activism, soon died, and Stalin preferred to negotiate with the famous writer - either because, then loved his books, either because, that the young Soviet republic needed famous writers for reputational purposes. Later 7 Years of Gorky were lured back, arranging for him a large-scale tour of the country (on pre-selected and prepared exemplary objects). AT 1931 Gorky was given a mansion in Moscow, ideal conditions for living and working, so a year later he finally moved to the USSR from Italy. Gorky asked permission to return to Italy, but Stalin refused to let the writer out of the country. A few years later, Gorky died, the urn with his ashes was carried by Stalin and Molotov. As it turned out later, Maxim Gorky's death was not natural - Genrikh Yagoda, Head of the State Security Bodies of the USSR, confessed, that he killed the writer on the orders of Leon Trotsky.2. A little about social elevators under Nicholas II. Son of a slave Jan Sudrabs s 8 worked as a shepherd for years. Then he left for the city, became a carpenter's apprentice and an auxiliary worker of the same carpenter in a shop. After working for a year and a half, retired, to learn to be a folk teacher. Got into crime, contacted the terrorists, but two years later he still passed the exams, and 1908 already got a job as a teacher. By this time, the young man, - and the freshly baked teacher was not and 20 years, — changed his name to Martin Latsis. Later Comrade Latsis became one of the symbols of the revolution, organizer of the Red Terror in Ukraine. Only in Kyiv and only in a few months 1919 year, the subordinates of comrade Latsis executed about 10 thousands of people. Here is what the former folk teacher wrote in the Soviet magazine "Red Terror":https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Лацис,Martyn Ivanovich
We do not wage war against individuals. We exterminate the bourgeoisie as a class. Do not look at the investigation for materials and evidence that, that the accused acted by deed or word against the Soviet regime. First question, which we should offer him, What class does he belong to, what is his origin, education, education or profession. These questions should determine the fate of the accused.. This is the meaning and essence of the red terror.
The remark sounded too frank, so Vladimir Ilyich, who, in secret documents, himself ordered to crack down on the bourgeoisie without any pity, was forced to gently scold a comrade-in-arms. Lenin publicly spoke in that spirit, that comrade Latsis, - "one of the best, tested communists", - expressed inaccurately, and what he just wanted to say, that "the Red Terror is the forcible suppression of the exploiters". In response, Comrade Latsis pointed out, that his actions "exactly correspond to Lenin's directives", that was the end of the matter. The career of a party leader traditionally ended, in Bolshevik 1937 year it turned out, that he was a fascist, was a member of the nationalist Latvian organization at the society "Prometheus". Around the same time, another famous Bolshevik was also shot., White Kuna, head of the Red Terror in Crimea. Bela Kuhn, how investigators unearthed, led the counter-revolutionary organization in the Comintern. And here is Rosalia Zemlyachka, which, together with comrade Kun, organized mass executions of the inhabitants of the peninsula in the Crimea, passed a dangerous period without arrests and even without disgrace, in leadership positions. She died in her bed, "with a notary and a doctor", at 1947 year. She was 70 years.3. Communists, justifying the October Revolution, this argument is often made.: breakwater, country after the February Revolution was destabilized, the power of the Provisional Government was weak, led to many troubles and violence, so someone had to take over, to restore order. The same communists, but, reject the mirror argument, when it comes to whites, who tried to overthrow the Bolsheviks who seized power. Reader Alexander Fidel writes about it:https://olegmakarenko.ru/2282677.html?thread=831033269#t831033269
If a woman drank herself unconscious and became a victim of a rapist, you can talk about her frivolity, but this does not remove the guilt from the rapist himself, excuse "she just lay under my feet, well, how could it not be fucked ”they will not take into account in court. In October 1917 in Russia there was a weak, but legitimate government, preparing the convocation of the Constituent Assembly, which, based on the will of the people, was to form a permanent government and establish the order of government. The Bolsheviks themselves, seizing power, immediately announced, that they did it solely for the sake of the speedy convocation of the Academic Assembly. But blowing the election into it (about 25% votes) dispersed on the first day (Hi everyone, who resents Yeltsin in 1993).What reaction should have been caused by the usurpation of power among the majority of citizens? Next they banned any property, up to wedding rings, demanding to hand over everything "for the needs of the world revolution" and actively confiscated it through the famous searches. What kind of reaction should you expect from people?, whose house was broken into by robbers?
Oleg Makarenko
