Through the Russian Revolution . u 0) p^. ?c . -^ Ms2. rt c^ a, cda•to W PETROGRAD DEMONSTRATES 31 trail of shattered windows and looted shops. Thefighting ranged from little skirmishes, with nests ofprovocators, to the battle on Liteiny, which lefttwelve horses of the Cossacks stretched upon thecobbles. [Over these horses stood a big izvoschik(cabman), tears in his eyes. In time of Revolutionthe killing of 56 and wounding of 650 men mightbe endured, but the loss of 12 good horses was toomuch for an izvosckiks heart to bear.] Only Petrograds long experienceThe Bolsheviks Con- in barricade and

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Through the Russian Revolution . u 0) p^. ?c . -^ Ms2. rt c^ a, cda•to W PETROGRAD DEMONSTRATES 31 trail of shattered windows and looted shops. Thefighting ranged from little skirmishes, with nests ofprovocators, to the battle on Liteiny, which lefttwelve horses of the Cossacks stretched upon thecobbles. [Over these horses stood a big izvoschik(cabman), tears in his eyes. In time of Revolutionthe killing of 56 and wounding of 650 men mightbe endured, but the loss of 12 good horses was toomuch for an izvosckiks heart to bear.] Only Petrograds long experienceThe Bolsheviks Con- in barricade and street fighting,trol the Rising. and the native good sense of the people, prevented the shamblesfrom being more bloody than they v/ere. Uponthe chaotic insurgent masses was brought to beara stabilizing force in tens of thousands of work-ingmen, backed by the directing mind of the Bol-shevik Party. The Bolsheviks saw clearly that thisuprising was a spontaneous elemental thing. Theysaw these masses striking out powerf

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