Talk:July Days
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[edit] Dates of the July Days
According to Riasanovsky in his book A History of Russia, this event took place from the sixteenth to the eighteenth of July 1917 (not the 4th to the 7th) (pg 445). -Halverso 22:19, 16 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Proletariat
I think the word Proletariat should be changed to workers or citizens of Petrograd. 82.128.171.35 13:35, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
- I made an attempt to NPOVify the article based on reliable sources. ←Humus sapiens ну? 09:39, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
The initial paragraph is wrong. The Bolsheviks did not lead the attack at all. Lenin was asked by the Kronstat sailors to lead them but he refused (as did other Bolsheviks). Despite this the Provisional government still sought to arrest all Bolsheviks forcing Lenin and others to flee to Finland.
[edit] Bolshevik Leadership
The article appears to imply that the July Days were encouraged by the Bolshevik leadership. In fact Bolshevik leaders (esp. Trotsky) attempted to restrain the strikes and violence. The whole point of the July Days was that the rank and file were restless for action, yet Trotsky/Lenin believed that the situation was premature for armed uprising. Did a quick google search and it's outlined more or less here. When I get home I'll dig out my books and get some references from historians. --Boatcolour (talk) 10:40, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
