# 4: “Yedinstvo” explained — Ten Days That Shook the World

> Chapter companion for Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed.

## What happens

Plekhanov's paper, Yedinstvo, suspended publication a few weeks after the Bolshevik seizure of power, not due to government suppression but because of insufficient subscribers.

## Character check-ins

### Georgi Plekhanov

His paper Yedinstvo ceased publication due to lack of subscribers.

## Key lines

> Plekhanov’s paper, Yedinstvo , suspended publication a few weeks after the Bolsheviki seized the power. Contrary to popular report, Yedinstvo was not suppressed by the Soviet Government; an announcement in the last number admitted that it was unable to continue because there were too few subscribers.

Plekhanov's newspaper Yedinstvo stopped publishing shortly after the Bolsheviks took power, not because the Soviet government shut it down, but because it lacked enough subscribers to continue.

_Clarifies the reason for Yedinstvo's closure._

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