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Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15260 Copyright © 2011, University of Pittsburgh Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Scott B. (Scott Baldwin), 1963– Captives of revolution : the socialist revolutionaries and the Bolshevik dictatorship, 1918–1923 / Scott B. Smith. p. cm. — (Pitt series in Russian and East European studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-4403-4 (cloth : acid-free paper) ISBN-10: 0-8229-4403-0 (cloth : acid-free paper) 1. Soviet Union—History—Revolution, 1917-1921. 2. Soviet Union—Politics and government —1917–1936. 3. Partiia sotsialistov-revoliutsionerov—History. 4. Socialists—Soviet Union— History. 5. Revolutionaries—Soviet Union—History. 6. Communism—Soviet Union—History. 7. Socialism—Soviet Union—History. 8. Dictatorship—Soviet Union—History. 9. Political culture—Soviet Union—History. I. Title. DK265.S5296 2011 947.084’1—dc22 2010046565 smith_text_3.indd 4 2/21/11 2:40 PM “Important lecture!” cried Pnin. “What to do? It is a cata-stroph!” —Vladimir Nabokov, Pnin smith_text_3.indd 5 2/21/11 2:40 PM [3.149.230.44] Project MUSE (2024-04-23 13:28 GMT) smith_text_3.indd 6 2/21/11 2:40 PM ...

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