Chapter 12 Flashcards
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When did Lenin return to Russia from Switzerland
3rd April 1917
What happned when Lenin arrived at Finland station in Petrograd
Delivered his April Theses
What did Lenin say in his April Theses
- Power transferred to Soviets
- War brought to an immediate end
- All land taken over by the State and re-allocated to peasants
What slogans did Lenin bring to russsia
‘peace, bread and land’ and ‘all power to the soviets’
opposition lenin faced
- some Bolsheviks feared lenin had grown out of touch and his radical proposals would do more harm than good
- mensheviks feared lenin wwould undermine thier work, provoing right wing action
- bolsheviks divided amongst themselves on whether to collaborate with provisional government
what did lenin write in and example of title
‘what is to be done’ in Iskra
limitations to lenin’s charisma
stuborness, led to split of SD 1903
What is the only reason lenins work appealed to people
industrialisation and tsarist faliures provided lenin with an audience
when and what july days
- 3-4th july 1917
- 20,000 armed sailors join workers and soilders on street chanting bolshevik slogans and looting
evidence of starvation in 1917
grain prices doubled in petrograd between February - June
statistic linking ot urban discontent/unepmoument 1917
586 factories closed with the loss of 100,000 jobs
consequence of july days
Trotsky galoed and Lenin fled to Finland
When Kornilov coup
27-30th July 1917
how did kornilov coup work for bolsheviks favour
Kerensky released those imprisoned from july days, arming them to defend Petrograd
bolshevik increase 1917
23,000 - 200,000 February to October
who oppose bolshevik revolution and why
Kamenev and Zinoviev, fearing Russia was not economically ready for revolution
Evidence of trotsky being important in revolution
21st September, became chairman of petrograd soviet
Evidence of Lenin’s upmost importance to Bolshevik success
On night of 10th October, harangued the Central Committee all night, persuading them that an ‘armed rising was the order of the day’
how did kerensky allow bolsheviks to arm themselves
- recalled more radical army units out capital
- providing an excuse for ‘Military Revolutionary Committee’ to be established under Trotsky and Dzerzhinsky
When bolshevik revolution
- night of 24-25 took key positions
- 9:40pm on 25th, tormed the Winter Palace
How many of Petrograd involved in Bolshevik revolution
Trotsky said 25,000-30-000 ‘at the most’ : around 5% of the total population
evidence that storming of Winter Palace was easy
Some red gaurds walked in through the back doors and found the wine cellar
Analysis for significance of bolsheviks in revolution
Russia was headed for a socialist takeover anyway, Lenin merely ensured that this was a Bolshevik takeover
When lenin significant in revolution
only in the short-term, ensuring that the inevitable revolution was a Bolshevik one
