Cities, Gender, And Opposition During The Communist Rule

Cities, Gender, and Opposition during the Communist Rule
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In 1917, during the July days, Petrograd was in the middle of demonstrations as soldiers from Kronstadt came to realize their previous demands of getting power from the Provisional Government.At that time, Petrograd became the center of the Bolshevik revolution as the opposing parties fought for their share of power. However, the demonstrations in Petrograd were suppressed when the rebels were diffused by troops and the Provincial Government launched an investigation on Lenin, claiming that he was a German spy. Petrograd became the center of the demonstration in 1917 because the Kronstadt soldiers needed to fight for the Bolshevik revolution. Pointing out to the reason why, the author notes, “You have come here, you, red men of Kronstadt, as soon as you heard about the danger threatening the revolution…”[BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 1033 Siegelbaum, Lewis. n.d. 1917-July Days. Accessed November 26, 2018. http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1917-2/july-days/.] [BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 1033 Ibid.] [Ibid]
World War I also had some impact on major cities, especially in 1917, when people in those cities experienced food shortages.As a result, people in urban cites resulted to stealing from food stores and those who were caught faced the wrath of angry and hungry citizens. Law and order in the cities became a problem as people took matters into their own hands, rendering the Provisional Government useless at the time.Food shortage in the cities was caused by the increased number of refugees in the cities as a result of the war. In addition, most of the food and other basic amenities were being taken to soldiers, leaving people in urban areas with limited basic resources. The author explains further on the reasons, noting that, “The situation in Petrograd, far removed from the main food producing areas, was particularly grim.”Consequently, more people in the cities opted to move to rural areas for survival as others contracted diseases that eventually killed them, making the cities less populated in the end. Cities that were initially over-populated during capitalism changed drastically during the Communist Rule as the social classes were abolished.The migration from cities to rural areas was as a result of food shortages in the cities. As the author notes, “The persistence of workers’ ties to the village would save many of them when, during desperate years of civil war, they fled from the starving cities. In addition, the diseases that killed many of the city dwellers were as a result of poor infrastructure in the cities. This made cities uninhabitable as dwellers were vulnerable to diseases that result from poor sanitation.[BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 1033 Siegelbaum, Lewis. n.d. 1917 Food Supply. Accessed November 26, 2018. http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1917-2/food-supply/.] [Ibid] [Ibid] [Ibid] [Siegelbaum, Lewis. n.d. 1917-Depopulation of the Cities. Accessed November 26, 2018.http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1917-2/depopulation-of-the-cities/] [Ibid] [Ibid]
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