With the war of minds and the Bolshevik revolution continuing, we begin to see its second stage after its first victory in February/March.

The Bolsheviks were greedy for power, and accordingly.. when the provisional government began its work.. they started, through "Trotsky", "Lenin's" comrade, to steer people toward a new belief, which they had been preparing since 1915, saying.. that this world war is an "imperialist" war.. directed against the workers and the poor classes in the whole world.. and that Russia must withdraw from it.

And like any revolution in history.. the crowds hear and believe anything in it.. people embrace this principle and chants rise demanding withdrawal from the war.. and a leaning toward peace.

But suddenly.. the provisional government under the leadership of "Kerensky" takes a decision for a military strike in which they attack the Austro-Hungarian forces in "Galicia".. history has preserved this strike for us as the last thing Russia presented in the First World War under the name "Kerensky Offensive".

And here people notice that this government does not listen to what they say.. and like any revolution.. every one of the people imagines that his word must be heard and carried out.. so people begin to grumble against the provisional government in July of the same year.. 1917.. and they return to revolution once again.

And the provisional government had appointed General "Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov", the director of military intelligence, as minister of defence and commander of the army in the same month.. and "Kornilov" was loyal to Russia alone, and he had drawn the attention of the revolutionaries because of his constant criticism of the Tsar while he was in power.

But after his appointment.. a sharp split of opinion occurs.. between "Lenin" and "Trotsky".. and "Lenin" saw that "Kornilov's" patriotism was an imminent danger to the Bolsheviks.. so they prepare a tight plan to get rid of him.

And on 16 July.. the head of the provisional government "Kerensky".. issues an order to "Kornilov" to move army units to the capital to control the rebellious crowds, and to restore security and order there by force if necessary.

"Kornilov" does prepare his forces.. and orders the Second Corps to impose martial law in the capital until his arrival.. and on the outskirts of the capital he is surprised by army units alongside the revolutionaries.. coming to stop him and his men.. and accusing him of attempting a military coup against the provisional government.

During his arrest.. and when he tells them that he is carrying out "Kerensky's" instructions.. the latter denies all of it and says that he did not ask "Kornilov" for anything.. and accuses him of seeking a "Counterrevolution".. and accordingly he is thrown in prison days after being appointed minister of defence.

Many historians mention that they do not understand what happened in this incident and why it happened.. the causes and motives are unclear.. nevertheless this incident is recorded as one of the most failed military coups in history, under the name "Kornilov Affair".

"Kerensky" seizes on the whole Kornilov business.. and founds a committee called the "Committee for Struggle Against Counterrevolution".

And this committee's role is very simple.

Anyone who criticizes the actions of the revolutionary masters is immediately one of the remnants of the Tsar and a counterrevolutionary.. and a recommendation is issued to arrest him.. and perhaps to execute him.

At that point "Kornilov" understands the Bolsheviks' game exactly.. but too late, and with his arrest.. the Bolsheviks infiltrate every joint of the state.. and take hold of every position and administration.. and on 31 August they sweep the workers' union elections.. and the state becomes entirely in their hands.

And in October the last stages of the Bolshevik revolution end.. or the October Revolution.. and whoever objects is arrested or shot, that's that.

And in November, "Kornilov" escapes from his prison with a clever trick, and makes contact with officers and army men who still have loyalty to the Tsar or are not pleased with the Bolsheviks' actions or have understood the game or otherwise, and his ideas meet those of the veteran General "Mikhail Alekseyev" and they decide to establish together an army to eliminate the Bolshevik revolution, which he called the "Volunteer Army".

And here Russia has 4 armies.

The White Army, led by "Alekseyev" and "Kornilov", and the Red Army which "Trotsky", "Lenin's" comrade, founded.. and the remnants of the ordinary state army that had existed all along.. and is still returning from the world war and is with neither of these nor those.

And the Cossacks.. who gather themselves and establish an army called the "Don Cossack Army".

And this is a scenario with only one black meaning.. civil war.

And "Alekseyev" seeks to control the capital.. and the White Army begins to fight the Red Army.

And with "Lenin's" fears that the White Army might succeed in recovering the capital, and liberating the Tsar and making use of his international relations and returning things to how they were before, he takes, on the night of 16 June 1918, a decision to execute the Tsar and his family.

The whole Romanov family.

And on the night of 16 July, 1918.. the Tsar and his family, these in the picture, were having their dinner in calm, when "Yakov Yurovsky", the one in the second picture, one of "Lenin's" men and the one charged with the execution operation, comes in on them.. and tells them that the kitchen boy "Leonid Sednev" was forced to leave, because he had to meet one of his relatives in the city.. and that he would take care of them for the rest of the evening.

This distresses the family greatly, because "Leonid" was the only friend of the little crown prince "Alexei" and the only one who played with him.. and the truth is that "Leonid" had not gone anywhere.. the Bolsheviks had slaughtered him hours before.

At midnight.. the execution squad under "Yakov's" command wake the family and tell them.. that they must leave the palace for another place right now.. and they escort them to a room in the basement.. "Lenin's" instructions were to execute them with bladed weapons.. so that no one would hear the sound of gunshots.. because he planned to say that he had moved the family to a secret place.. in order to ward off the anger of the palace's supporters in the street.. but "Yakov" the donkey decided to improvise.. and opened fire on them...

And because the Tsar's wife had imagined that they were going to be moved.. she had wrapped her jewels around the chest and torso of little "Alexei".. so the bullets did not kill him.. and "Yakov" is forced to slaughter him with a rifle bayonet.. and he was 13 years old.

The gunshots wake all the palace servants.. and it becomes known that the Romanov family has been assassinated.

Russia enters a very lovely phase.. a civil war between the Red Army.. and the White Army.. and the supporters of the Romanov family.. and the revolutionaries who did not get a piece of the cake.. and the people.. and the Cossacks.. and all of this is striking at each other.

And amid these emotional atmospheres Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia separate from Russia.. and the Bolsheviks fall in line with recognizing the independence of Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. And this was the first phase of partition that Russia witnessed.

The Russian Civil War ends on 16 June 1923 with the victory of the Bolsheviks after unlimited financial, military and moral support from "Germany".. Russia's bitter enemy.. amounting to more than half a billion euros in today's currency.

Russia could hardly find anything to eat.. it lost about 20 million of its sons and about 4 million were displaced and emigrated.. and the Bolsheviks came to rule it with iron and fire.. to the point that they imposed a uniform style on the people and distributed food to them in uniform rations.

Then comes the Second World War, which we spoke about.. and we mentioned the new president of Russia who took it over after "Lenin" and toppled the government.. when we spoke about the defeat of "Hitler".

"Stalin".

And after the Second World War we pass through a period of relative calm, after which we enter a new phase, called the Cold War phase.. and in it too the war of minds did not stop.. and we will hear for the first time in it a new term called "Gladio".

And this subject we will talk about later.

And the conversation has a remainder.

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