# Appendix to Chapter VI explained — Ten Days That Shook the World

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

## What happens

This appendix contains appeals and denunciations from the Socialist Revolutionary Party and the Bolshevik newspaper Pravda, reflecting the intense propaganda war during the Bolshevik uprising. The S.R. appeal condemns the Bolsheviks as senseless adventurers and calls for unity around the Committee for Salvation, while Pravda denounces Kerensky as a traitor and usurper.

## Themes in this chapter

### Struggle for Legitimacy and Power

Both appeals seek to delegitimize the opposing side: the S.R.s call the Bolsheviks senseless criminals, while Pravda brands Kerensky a traitor and usurper.

### Counterrevolution and Civil War

The S.R. appeal warns of counter-revolutionists exploiting the Bolshevik 'adventure' and calls for readiness to act, foreshadowing the civil war.

## Character check-ins

### Alexander Kerensky

Denounced by Pravda as a usurper, traitor, and 'second Kornilov'.

### General Lavr Kornilov

Mentioned in Pravda as a figure of comparison for Kerensky's alleged betrayal.

### Nikolai Kishkin

Listed alongside Kornilov as someone whose place is in Peter-Paul prison.

## Key lines

> The senseless attempt of the Bolsheviki is on the eve of complete failure. The garrison is disaffected.

The Bolshevik uprising is about to collapse; the garrison troops are no longer loyal to them.

_Propaganda from the Socialist Revolutionary Party aimed at undermining Bolshevik morale._

> Kerensky? A usurper, whose place is in Peter-Paul prison, with Kornilov and Kishkin.

Kerensky is a usurper who belongs in prison alongside Kornilov and Kishkin.

_Bolshevik denunciation equating Kerensky with counter-revolutionary figures._

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