On the issue of wining public trust by the Bolsheviks after the October victory. November 1917 - 1920 (based on the Smolensk region)
On the bases of stock and other materials within the administrative-territorial borders of the named region of Russia, introduced into scientific use, the author reveals the dynamics, the specifics and the outcome of the evolution of people's relations to Bolsheviks during Civil War. The article shows the factors that influenced this process, analyzes the measures taken by local party organizations to clear them of alien elements, shows the response of people on the formation of the privileged position of Communists, gives ​​a reasoned opinion on the causes of this phenomenon, reveals the reaction of the representatives of peasantry to the efforts of the new government to restore and maintain order in the controlled territory, states an opinion on the prospects and conditions of approving socialism in our country.