 Complete the following phrase:  Upon arrival, Sadoul noticed the Russians desire for an immediate peace, at any cost. The October Revolution of late 1917 toppled the Provisional Government and brought in its stead a Council of Peoples Commissars entirely controlled by the Bolshevik faction. On November 8, Sadoul recorded the Red Guards lynchings of their opponents, including Prince Tumanov, and rumors of war rape. The new Russian Soviet Republic moved toward communism and proletarian internationalism, stating its intention to withdraw from the imperialistic war. Not dissuaded by the events, both Niessel and Sadoul gave free lectures on the French war effort at the Alliance Française. Days after the Revolution, Sadoul had established contact with the Peoples Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Leon Trotsky. Trotsky spoke to him about his efforts to pacify the Menshevik opposition on the left, while also quelling the 