rank there was the Volhynian Regiment, the very one which on July 4th,
with its band playing, had invaded the Tauri'da Palace, in order to put
down the Bolsheviks.

As already mentioned earlier, the Central Executive Committee had charge
of the Petrograd Soviet's treasury and its publications. An attempt to
obtain even a single one of these publications brought no results.
Beginning with the end of September, we initiated a series of measures
toward creating an independent newspaper of the Petrograd Soviet. But
all printing establishments were occupied and their owners boycotted us
with the assistance of the Central Executive Committee. It was decided
to arrange for a "Petrograd Soviet Day," for the purpose of developing a
widespread agitation and collecting pecuniary resources for establishing
a newspaper. About a fortnight before, this day was set for October
22nd, and consequently it coincided with the moment of the open outburst
of the insurrection.

With complete assurance, the hostile press announced that on October
22nd an armed insurrection of the Bolsheviks would occur in the streets
of Petrograd. That the insurrection would occur, nobody had any doubt.
They only tried to determine exactly when; they guessed, they
prophesied, striving in this way to force a denial or confession on our
part. But the Soviet calmly and confidently marched forward, making no
answer to the howl of bourgeois public opinion. October 22nd became the
reviewing day for the forces of the proletarian army. It went off
magnificently in every respect. In spite of the warnings coming from the
Right that blood would flow in torrents in the streets of Petrograd, the
masses of the populace were pouring in floods to the Petrograd Soviet
meetings. All our oratorical forces were mobilized. All public places
were filled. Meetings were held unceasingly for hours at a stretch. They