“Passions on October”: reaction of Russian democratic socialism on the Bolshevik coup

General trends in world politics, both past and present, can serve as proof of the relevance of this article: in States with unstable socio-political structure, lack of stable democratic principles and traditions, lack of legitimacy of power, there is always a high risk of a systemic upheaval, usually associated with social destruction, human disasters, and even victims. The ability to anticipate and prevent such systemic disasters, to ensure the reliability of the state body - an art that should be mastered by political elites. The failed experience of the democratic Republic in Russia during the brief period from February to October 1917 is a clear confirmation of this. The purpose of the study is to provide a succinct illustration of the reaction to the Bolshevik revolution of the parties of democratic socialism (social revolutionaries, people's socialists, and Mensheviks), whose leaders were widely represented in state and local government bodies, as well as to identify the General and special in their attitude to the October revolution and its actors...