Perception of the Bolshevik regime by Moscow citizens during the years of the war communism

Morgunov Kirill Gennadievich

The problem of the first years of the Bolshevik rule in Moscow is being studied today from different angles. An approach in which the main actors are ordinary people, and the focus of the study is their subjective interpretation of the processes that took place in the past, has received a wide representation in historical science nowadays. This article is an attempt to demonstrate how Moscow citizens perceived the power of the Bolsheviks during the Civil War. This perception was complex and ambiguous, and often citizens tried to simply adapt to the new social reality.

Keywords:Moscow, Moscow citizens, everyday life, Civil war, Bolsheviks, power.