Thousands were killed in the uprising.

The demands largely emphasized national sovereignty and labor conditions, not restoration of appropriated property to the bourgeoisie.

Justifying an invasion, an act of aggression over international borders, under the characterization of sedition is simply begging the question of the legitimacy of the established structure of governance.

By this point, Soviet governance was failing to produce improved conditions for workers, and much of the working class was disinterested in further personal sacrifice for a prolonged struggle against the capitalist core.