The Establishment of Soviet Power: The Bolshevik Secretariat and the Soviet All-Russian Central Executive Committee, 1917-19

FAIN: FT-12230-74

Charles A. Duval
New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM 88003-8002)

To investigate the organizational methods employed by the Bolsheviks in their consolidation of political power in the provinces of Russia following their take-over of the government on 25-26 October 1917. The organizations responsible for this task were the party's Secretariat and the government's All-Russian Central Executive Committee.