October revolution contributions stats Flashcards
Russian Revolution
PG= assumed authority in a power vaccum, formed govt to limit levels of social disoder and prevent revoltuionary upheaval not bc wanted to rule russia. -) to…..
hesitant to act, non elected authority, without popular mandate, limited in power, judged entirely by its action= dangerous bc set a high standard since day one
weaknesses of PG
not act on major issues= major economic reforms, land reform, russias involvement in war===== undermine its effectiveness
Soviet order number 1
Passes 1 march, only petrograd garrison followed orders from provisional govt if soviets said yes
Kerensky middle man
socialist revolutionary- member of both bodies and provided communication between the two ( petrograd soviet and PG)
April thesis
4 th April= Lenin addresses assembly of Bolsheviks and Mensheviks
Reality of what happened in april thesis
lenin went on a tirade against the PG and the continues involvement in ww1- Lenins april these
How did April thesis add to revolutionary ideas in Russia?
3 things PG didn’t act on-) people fed up about this lenin offering solutions too. would have appealed to wc, soviets, peasants, soldiers
April thesis led too
’ rearming (of) the Bolshevik ranks’ bc for long time they been in wilderness
end of april
broad backing of april thesis from the paty, bolsheviks now being the most hostile politcal paty towards the PG, were easily recognisable for their radical class ideas and anti war sentiment
Kerensky and the June offensive
14th may 1917 kerensky announces that an offensive is required to restore fighting capacity of russian army and increase morale
june offensive- initial success
30 km advance into Austrian territory but 40,000 men and many dead= most élite and loyal troops to brusilov
6th july- june offensive
counter attack from german= whole russian army retreat in panic = 400000 men, massive desertions increase, 1000s officers killed by troops.- ‘lenin had turned the army red’ Mcmeekin
