For the Bolsheviks it was clear from the beginning that this measure, later completed by the prohibition of factions inside the governing party itself, signalised a tremendous danger.

• 诚然，内战不是和平的、不是平常的状态，而是“非常状态”。但是要知道，每一个严肃的革命组织本来就是准备迎接这类“非常状态”的。