5,582 words Part 4 of 5 The Bolsheviks Put Down the Real Revolution—of the Peasants  Rivals they appeared to be, but rivals in fact they were not. All through the revolution and civil war, the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries carped at the Bolsheviks. However, at every key juncture, they threw their support to the Bolsheviks [...]