... , NKVD, Cheka and Red army to an extent, were rather used to inflict terror on the Russian population to suppress opposition and preserve autocracy. Anti-communist historian Richard Pipesi highlights the success in the Bolsheviks using terror 1918 to preserve a totalitarian dictatorship Bolsheviks ' were successful in using terror to preserve power during their time in power, simply ... because apart from terror they only had popular support'. This quote shows the way in which terror alone can ... event with grave consequences for the Tsarist regime, as the disregard for ordinary people...

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