Bolshevik Primary Sources

The Bolsheviks were experiencing mass support, they were now controlling factories and squeezing out the Mensheviks and SR's. The Bolsheviks were becoming the alternative to the Bourgeoisie government, as I noted political polarisation was taking place and this was mirrored in the September Duma elections which saw 51% go to the Bolsheviks and 33% to the Kadets. This was undeniably one of the biggest turning points for the Bolsheviks, respect was gained from the people after they were able to portray themselves as saviors of the revolution, they found themselves with much more support and their campaign which presented improvements to the lives of the Russian people was now being spread at an outstanding pace. The now weak Provisional Government

When going through different sources to obtain evidence regarding my research question, I became much more aware of the challenges different historians have to face depending on the time era. Finding both primary and secondary sources published in the soviet Union was a challenge due to the lack of reliability and credibility among the authors. A large number of the sources I examined about the same subject often differed significantly from each other, also when browsing a wide variety of sources it became very clear that I was never going to find an exact truth. This made it hard to decide which information was most accurate, as well as which author was most fit for the perspective I chose to follow. Though, at the end of the day, one source is more acceptable then the others and by looking at the values and limitations of a specific source, one can determine which source has of more utility to a specific opinion or perspective. I found that the text “The Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated Communist Woman” by Alexandra Kollontai’ was of far more use to my opinion than the text 'The Russian Revolution, A review by an Onlooker' by John Pollock, in the means that Alexandra Kollontai gave great insight to the state and weakness of Russia with specific time and dates and recounted her personal experiences to help readers fully grasp the countries vulnerability during specific events like that of the Kornilov Affair. Generally, it was hard to even find sources to begin with due to the lack of information in this topic, something that can be considered as both a positive and a negative for historians, and took it upon myself to finish the investigation with minimal sources to help me convey an