What did Ural Townspeople Expect and See in 1917?
In 1917 and early 1918 two significant events took place in Ural cities: “holidays of the revolution”, which were held everywhere in the spring, and the destruction of wine storehouses in the autumn and winter. The article interprets the difference in the behavior and moods of citizens as a contrast between what kind of the revolution the Ural citizens expected to see and what revolution they saw and survived.