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First of all, I don't really know of anyone calling Konstadt rebellion to be led by anarchist. They were ardent communist who became disillusioned over time due to poor working conditions.
Secondly, out of the 15k men who held the fort, it's thought that around 10k escaped to Finland during the fighting, all while killing around 10k soldiers of the red army.
I don't really think this really fits within the scope of the argument that Lenin murdered 9 million people.
... would you like to remind me what the second point in the demands made by the sailors was?
Fucking what
Demanding freedom of speech doesn't really make you an anarchist?
"Both sides suffered casualties on par with the civil war's deadliest battles. The American consulate at Vyborg estimated 10,000 Bolsheviks dead, wounded, or missing, including 15 Congress delegates. Finland asked Russia to remove the bodies on the ice, fearing a public health hazard after the thaw. There are no reliable reports for rebel deaths, but one report estimated 600 dead, 1,000 wounded, and 2,500 imprisoned".....Faced with the prospect of summary executions, about 8,000 Kronstadt refugees (mostly soldiers)[200] crossed into Finland within a day of Kronstadt's fall, about half of the rebel forces.
Hey, I'm gonna be real with you, yeah? The 1917 Revolution wasn't just the Bolsheviks' doing, y'know? Loads of groups had a part in it. But the Bolsheviks took advantage of the whole situation to impose their own structure. And when anyone didn't see things their way, they had no problem killing 'em, just so no one would question their ideas.