as the kronstadt rebellion occurred at a time when the debate on tactics was still raging within the comintern, it has been wrongly seen as being left communist by some commentators. in fact, the left communist currents had no connection with the rebellion, although they did rally to its support when they learned of it. in later years, the german-dutch tradition in particular would come to see the suppression of the revolt as the historic turning point in the evolution of the russian state after october 1917.