From his diary , as I said . And as the commander of the red army I think that ' s a good source . As for the Narodniks it ' s accepted that they were the start of the socialist revolutions . Hell Lenin ' s brother was one and his death lead to Lenin becoming a revolutionary . They also were wiped out well before the October Revolution . As for the people support they had the support of the working class factory workers and the soldiers , not the peasantry or anyone else for the matter . Come the election after the revolution they only received 14 of the vote and started the reign of terror because of it . During which they lost support of the workers because they just killed any Russian worker that striked at the time . They even lost some of the support of the soldiers after that and killed them to .