The article deals with the position of the Soviet government of Irkutsk province in 1920, analyzes the attitude towards it on the part of the peasants, the urban population and the clergy. The reasons of failure of the wider population of Irkutsk province of the Soviet power and the methods by which it is to overcome the resistance.
Soviet power, in 1920, Irkutsk Province, people
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