ABSTRACT
The uprising of October 1917 was a sign that the foundations of the social life of the Russian people had crumbled. The Revolution had swept over the country, on its crest the communist party was borne into power. The economic limits of the transmission of electrical power vary with the comparative costs of prime movers, such as coal, oil, and other fuel, and with the expense of the electrical installation by water power or otherwise. The Bolshevik leaders thought that when the banks were nationalized and when large numbers of capitalists were arrested or forced to flee the country, the power of the bourgeoisie would be broken, and the proletariat would then become simple, faithful workers acting in the interests of their own class. The problems of government as the Bolshevik leaders conceived them after seven years of power, and at least four years of undisputed authority, are shown in various writings, and especially in the resolutions of congresses.
