захват власти без единого выстрела · March 1921

bloodless seizure

무혈 장악

Bloodless seizure denotes the transfer of political authority to a political force through a meeting or delegates’ vote without armed combat. In the Kronstadt context, it refers to the claim that the Provisional Revolutionary Committee took power through a delegates’ assembly, while the Bolshevik side read the episode as an overthrow of legitimate Soviet authority concealed by that description.

In depth

The phrase captures both how the actors justified their procedure and the dispute over its representativeness and legality. “Without a single shot” should be limited to the initial change in the governing body in early March 1921, which occurred before armed fighting, and should not be extended to imply that the subsequent Red Army assault and suppression were peaceful.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (EN) | 크론시타트 봉기의 전개, 반란 세력이 임시혁명위원회를 세우고 소련 정부와 대치한 경위 및 이후 무력 진압을 뒷받침한다.
  2. en.wikisource.org | Alexander Berkman의 1922년 기록으로 1921년 3월 2일 회의와 임시혁명위원회 구성에 관한 당대 서술을 뒷받침한다.
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