3. Reasons for the October Revolution Flashcards
Failings of PG
Dual Authority - unwilling to work together
Focus on War - War Credit, no focus on problems at home
Economic problems hard to deal with
Bolshevik’s return
Accomodationism - Stalin + Kamenev
Revolution - Lenin (April Theses)
April Theses
Condemned accomodationism
Peace, bread, land
All power to the soviets
Kerensky Offensive
June 1917
Failure - mutinies / desertions
PG ended offensive
Kerensky PM
Kornilov Commander-In-Chief
July Days
Gov lost control:
Soviets spread
Workers controlled factories
Peasants seized land
Break away of NM (Ukraine)
Street demonstrations crushed by PG , Bs arrested
Showed Bs were not dominant party
Land Question
Peasants 80% pop
Major problem
Gov - did not redistribute
Bol - adapted to fit in with their plans - stole SRs policy
Kornilov Affair
Attempted to enter Petrograd with troops against Kerensky
Kerensky opposed:
Gave guns to peasants to defend
Released Bs, gave guns
Railway workers refused to transport Kornilov