Many thought they would get autonomy as part of Bolshevist Russia. The Bolshevist October Revolution changed the situation drastically. Soviet Jews were accused of espionage and the intent to disseminate radical Bolshevist propaganda. Tommy eavesdrops on a meeting of Bolshevist conspirators, where he is caught. Also, Britain wanted a "barrier against Bolshevist influence". Azerbaijanis were killed by nationalist Dashnak Armenians, orchestrated by the Bolshevist Stepan Shahumyan. The Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm detected a Narodnik influence on Bolshevist method. In foreign policy, Red Finland leaned on Bolshevist Russia. With the ascension of the Bolshevist to power, he was sent to internal Russian exile. The Strasserist-led National Front was also characterised by Baker as National Bolshevist in ideology. After the October Revolution the Belarusian nobility was severely hit by Bolshevist terror. At this point, the Bolshevist regime had not been recognized by any Western power.